Buckinghamshire’s Gemma Dryburgh
wins Midland South girls’ championship

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Buckinghamshire’s (Aberdeen-born) Gemma Dryburgh won the inaugural EWGA Midland South Girls’ Championship at Studley Wood.Gemma, from Beaconsfield, shot rounds of 76 and 79 (total 155) and finished three shots clear of Zoe Edwards from South Herefordshire GC.
She, in turn, beat Zoe Fitz-Costa, also from Beaconsfield, on countback. The U15 scratch Champion was Meghan MacLaren from Wellingborough (Northants) with a total of 156, with Abi Laker of Burford (Oxon) in second place with a total of 159.
The handicap championship was closely contested, with some excellent scores coming in late in the day. The eventual winner was Aimee Field from Halesowen (Worcestershire & Herefordshire) who shot a net 65 in the afternoon to win with an overall net score of 135.
Only two shots behind was Melissa Nicol from Moor Hall (Warwickshire) who had the best net score in the morning round of 67 and a total score of 137.
The county team prize (best two net scores from three nominated players) was won by the hosts, Oxfordshire, with a score of 279 (13 shots under par for the course).
The winning team comprised Sophie Stone (Studley Wood), who used her local knowledge to good effect, plus Flora McPhail and Cara Gainer (both from Frilford Heath). The championship was contested by players from 25 clubs.
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer

NEWS FROM IRELAND

Kilkenny win first Senior Cup at 19th

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Eileen Rose Power holed from four feet at the first tie hole to win the Irish Senior Cup for Kilkenny for the first time at Mount Wolseley today.
Tournament favourites Royal Portrush started brightly with Helen Jones defeating Mary Leahy Browne but current international Mary Dowling levelled the tie with her 14th hole victory over Naoimh Quigg.
Royal Portrush edged ahead once again when Maura Diamond edged out Anne Smee but Kilkenny’s Orla Dunphy once again levelled the sides with a 2 and 1 win over Lucy Simpson.
The tie rested with the top pairing of past Irish champion Eileen Rose Power and current international Charlene Reid. Reid squared the match when Power failed to get up and down from a greenside bunker on 17.
Both missed from eight feet on 18 to force extra holes and when Reid’s approach came up short at the first extra hole, Power cooly slotted from four feet across the slope to clinch Kilkenny’s first Senior Cup title.
Earlier in the day, Royal Portrush defeated second seeds Co. Louth in a tight match that saw current Charlene Reid beat experienced past international Deirdre Smith in the top match. Naoimh Quigg defeated Jennifer Gannon on the home green while Carla Reynolds replied for Co. Louth with a 16th hole win over Maura Diamond.
With the penultimate match all square on 18, Lucy Simpson secured the victory for Royal Portrush when Maria Dunne failed to get up and down from off the home green.The second semi-final saw Kilkenny secure four matches against a luckless Laytown and Bettystown.
Eileen Rose Power and current international Mary Dowling notched victories over Alison Taylor and Carol Wickham in the top order.
Orla Dunphy and Anne Smee completed the victory while Phil O’Gorman was about to reply for Laytown and Bettystown before being called in from the 17th fairway with a two-hole advantage.
DETAILS
FINAL
Kilkenny 3, Royal Portrush 2
Eileen Rose Power bt Charlene Reid at 19th.
Mary Dowling bt Naoimh Quigg 6 and 4.
Orla Dunphy bt Lucy Simpson 3 and 1.
Mary Leahy Browne lost to Helen Jones 7 and 6.
Anne Smee lost to Maura Diamond 4 and 2.
SEMI-FINALS
Kilkenny 4 1/2, Laytown & Bettystown 1/2
Eileen Rose Power bt Alison Taylor 6 and 5.
Mary Dowling bt Carol Wickham 2 and 1.
Orla Dunphy bt Tracy Eakin 2 and 1.
Mary Leahy Browne halved with Phil O’Gorman.
Anne Smee bt Barbara Cooney 4 and 2.
Royal Portrush 3 1/2, Co Louth 1 1/2
Charlene Reid bt Deirdre Smith 3 and 2.
Naoimh Quigg bt Jennifer Gannon 1 hole.
Lucy Simpson bt Maria Dunne 1 hole.
Helen Jones halved with Oonagh Purfield (called in).
Maura Diamond lost to Carla Reynolds 3 and 2.
Earlier results:
QUARTER-FINALS
Kilkenny 4, Muskerry 1
Eileen Rose Power bt Laura McCarthy 6 and 5.
Mary Dowling bt Siobhan O'Herlihy 8 and 7.
Orla Dunphy bt Carmel O'Sullivan 7 and 6.
Mary Leahy Browne halved with Eadaoin Cronin.
Anne Smee halved with Jean O'Driscoll.
Roscommon 1, Laytown & Bettystown 4
Sinead Benedetti lost to Alison Taylor 3 and 2.
Mary Seymour lost to Carol Wickham 3 and 1.
Ann McCormack lost to Tracy Eakin 7 and 6.
Ruth Lennon halved with Phil O'Gorman.
Ailbhe Farrell halved with Barbara Cooney.
Bandon 1½, Royal Portrush 3½
Rhona Brennan lost to Charlene Reid 4 and 3.
Lillian Burns lost to Naoimh Quigg 9 and 7.
Mary Scriven bt Helen Jones 2 and 1.
Carol Minihane lost to Lucy Simpson 5 and 4.
Paula Reardon halved with Maura Diamond.
Co Louth 3½, Enniscorthy 1½
Deirdre Smith bt Nicky King 1 hole.
Jennifer Gannon bt Jennifer King 7 and 6.
Maria Dunne lost to Laura Dempsey 3 and 1.
Oonagh Purfield halved with Margaret Mooney.
Carla Reynolds bt Cora Mernagh 5 and 3.

Further details available from:
Irish Ladies Golf Union
Denise McCarthy
087-2890127

Hampshire’s Katie Mundy wins English

mid-amateur championship

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Hampshire’s Katie Mundy became the English women's open mid-amateur champion at her first attempt when she beat Sussex golfer Hannah Ralph by 2 and 1 in a low-scoring final at Denham.
“I am so happy,” said Katie, 19, who was made an honorary member of Denham Golf Club. “It’s been a long time coming. I had a really good season two years ago and I felt I should win something good – but then I went off the boil.”
She’s clearly back to top form – and demonstrated it with a fine display of ball striking and putting. Hannah, however, uncharacteristically missed a number of crucial putts and said afterwards: “If I could have holed a few more it might have been closer at the end. But that’s golf and Katie deserved to win.”
Between then, the two players had seven birdies and two eagles as they traded blows in a final which kept spectators enthralled.
Hannah appeared to be in charge over the early holes but the players were all square after Katie two-putted the long par three 5th to win the hole.
She then launched a remarkable charge when she holed a nine-iron for an eagle on the 6th and followed up with three birdies in the next four holes. She was three up after 10 and four up after she parred the long 13th.
Then Hannah found her putting touch and began a spirited fightback. She reduced the 491-yard 14th to a drive, an iron and one putt for an eagle three and she birdied the 15th to get back to two down.
The short 16th proved to be a key hole. Hannah hit the green and two putted for a par; Katie’s tee shot was big, her chip was on the short side – but she bravely holed a 12-footer for an all-important half. “It was huge to hole that putt,” she said.
“A steady four on the 17th was enough to claim the title. “When Hannah came back at me I just dug deep and tried to get pars and birdies,” said Katie, who was an England girl international. “I enjoyed it!”
Result
Final (18 holes)
Katie Mundy (Dunwood Manor) beat Hannah Ralph (Cowdray Park) 2 and
1
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer

Rachel Hanlon wins Strathtyrum Trophy Tournament

mentAlmost unheard of for the top four seeds in a match-play tournament to make it through to the last four but that's what happened in the St Andrews Links Trust's Strathtyrum Trophy women's amateur tournament this past week.
Top qualifier Karen Marshall (Baberton), No 2 Pamela Williamson, also of Baberton, No 3 Rachel Hanlon from the local St Regulus club and No 4 Elaine Clark, a Manchester-based Scot, all survived through to the semi-finals.
Rachel Hanlon was the eventual winner, beating Elaine Clark at the 19th in a thriller of a final.

Last day results:
SEMI-FINALS
Elaine Clark (Manchester) bt Karen Marshall (Baberton) 3 and 2.
Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus) bt Pamela Williamson (Baberton) 6 and 5.
FINAL (18 holes)
Hanlon bt Clark at 19th.

CUPAR’S ELSIE WINS AT ARBROATH

Cupar Golf Club member Elsie Hutcheon won the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association’s Barnardo’s Grand Final competition at Arbroath Golf Club today (Friday).
She had a Stableford score of 33pt off 11 to top the field of 49 qualifiers.
Runner-up with 32pt was Lynda Birse (Arbroath Artisans), playing off 21.
Pauline Lamb (Grange, Monifieth) was third with 31pt off 13.
Three players finished with 30pt.
Officially placed fourth with a better inward half than the two other players was Sharon Lynch (Haddington) off 17 of a handicap.
Beaten on the card countback were Hazel Gibson (Murrayshall) (12) and Kate Lowden (Monifieth) (11).
The CSS on a day of wind and rain was 74, reduction only.
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Battle of two 15-year-olds in final at West Lancashire, pi

France's Perrine wins

British girls' title

France’s Perrine Delacour beat England’s Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield) by two holes in a final between two 15-year-olds for the British girls’ open amateur golf championship at West Lancashire Golf Club.
Elizabeth, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, held the whiphand on the outward journey, going two holes up three times.
But the French girl from near Reims, the more strongly built player, battled her way through the wind after the turn, winning the 11th with a birdie and the 14th with a par to be all square.
Delacour took the lead for the first time with a par at the 15th and clinched victory at the 18th where Mallett was bunkered off the tee.
Elizabeth, whose father Neil captained the England hockey team 25 years ago, never ventured far away from the clubhouse during his daughter's great run which started with finish sixth best among the 64 match-play qualifiers.

"I'm feeling disappointed right now," said Elizabeth, as she came off the 18th green, "but if you had told me at the beginning of the week that I would reach the final, I would not have believed you. So I have mixed feelings."

Today's results
Semi-finals

Perrine Delacour (Fra) bt Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies) 1 hole.

Elizabeth Mallett (Suttton Coldfield) bt Rosanna Crepiat (Fra) 1 hole.
Final (18 holes)

Delacour bt Mallett 2 holes.

Elizabeth Mallett v Perrine Delacour in

British final between two 15-year-olds

This afternoon's British open amateur girls championship final - open to under-18s - at West Lancashire Golf Club is being contested by two 15-year-olds, one English, the other French.
Elizabeth Mallett from Sutton Coldfield, very much the underdog, had a marvellous one-hole win over France's 18-year-old Rosanna Crepiat, who is No 8 in the European Golf Association WOMEN'S amateur rankings, played recently in the winning Continent of Europe WOMEN's team against Great Britain & Ireland at Hamburg and will play for Europe in Illinois next week in the Junior Solheim Cup.
Oh, and by the way, Crepiat won the Portuguese women's amateur international championship in late January and finished runner-up in the Spanish equivalent only a couple of weeks later.
So that was the calibre of opponent, English Under-15 champion Elizabeth Mallett was facing - and she took it all in her stride to beat her on the 18th green.
In the other semi-final, Perrine Delacour, a French girl with nothing like Crepiat's CV, Perrine Delacour beat yet another 15-year-old Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies), also by one hole.
Alexandra's glory run, which started last week with five wins out of six in helping England win the girls' home internationals at Fairhaven, finally came off the rails when she three-putted the 10th and the 16th.
Results:
Semi-finals
Perrine Delacour (France) bt Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies) one hole.
Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield) bt Rosanna Crepiat (France) one hole.
FULL REPORTS ON BOTH SEMI-FINALS ARE AVAILABLE on www.lgu.org

Editor's Note: Scroll down to read the story about the ball-spotter at the British girls championship being struck by a drive from Holly Clyburn and ending up in hospital.

From Holly Clyburn

Good Morning
I would like to send Ann Knayston my sincere apologies for yesterday. I wish Ann a very speedy recovery. Ball spotters are very valuable to Championships (British Girls) to keep the pace of play going, but they must try and be invisible at times.
I also would like to thank Mrs Foster, the Mum of Nikki Foster, who kept the situation calm. She stayed with Ann until the ambulance arrived. Her First Aid skills were brilliant.
It is nice to see spectators at amateurs' events. I know they enjoy watching girls' golf which has come along way and the standard is very high now, but also they must respect the players and the slightest movement is a distraction.

Yesterday a child run across the fairway as I addressed my ball. This is a big distraction and also could prove fatal as we hit the ball so hard and fast.

Thank You,

Holly Clyburn

Perth & Kinross Centenary Day at Glenisle on Monday

FROM DAWN BUTCHART, Perth & Kinross Ladies county captain
P&K are holding a Centenary Day at Glenisla Golf Centre on Monday 17th August and we have over 130 players plus invited guests such as past captains and SLGA President Ethel Jack.
We have been very lucky to have loads of sponsors and have lots and lots of prizes on offer at almost every hole, plus of course 1st, 2nd, and 3rd scratch and handicap, best back and front nines etc.
We also have a new Centenary Trophy and Handicap Tray which have both been kindly donated. We will also have a putting competition plus a fantastic all day running buffet. So promises to be a gre just hope the sun shines!
Dawn Butchart
PS We still have one space to fill.

Katie Mundy v Hannah Ralph for

English women's open mid-am title

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Hampshire’s Katie Mundy and Sussex golfer Hannah Ralph will meet in tomorrow’s final of the English open mid-amateur championship at Denham, Buckinghamshire.
It’s a first national final for both of them - but the second time they’ve met in recent weeks. They went head-to-head in the semi-final of the EWGA South Regional championship – and on that occasion Hannah took the honours and went on to win the title.
Now, Katie said with a laugh, she’s looking for revenge!
They made their way to the final with impressive golf. Katie extinguished local hopes when she beat Rachel Drummond of Beaconsfield by 4 and 3 in their semi-final. Earlier, Rachel won a nail-biting quarter-final when she beat former champion Charlotte Ellis on the third extra hole, displaying remarkable skills of recovery when in the rough.
However, in the semi-final Katie, 19, quickly took charge and was three-up after six holes. Rachel won the next two but was soon trailing again and was five down after 13 holes. She rallied again with a birdie on 14 but Katie closed out the match with a superb up and down on the difficult, tiered 15th green.
“I played solid golf and I’ve got better and better all week,” said Katie, who is a student at Western Texas College in the USA and won four tournaments from five starts in her first term.
“America has helped my short game a lot and my course management – and this is the kind of course you need to plot your way around,” she said.
Hannah, 21, won an up-and-down quarter-final against Lancashire’s Cori Lee, before defeating Hampshire’s Tracey Boyes. Tracey was playing her second national semi-final of the year after also making it into the final four in the English close championship.
“It was a very good match,” said Hannah. “I played Tracey in county match week and we finished on the 18th so I knew it would be close. She never gives up.
”Hannah moved ahead quickly and was three up after seven but she had a good fight on her hands. She was pulled back to one up after nine, before again extending her advantage to three with the help of some immaculate short shots. She lost the 15th - where Tracey got the better of her on the green - but after two halved holes she was safely through to the final.
“It’s exciting,” said Hannah, who has been enjoying good form in all the top scratch events this season. “It’s just nice to finally get this far in a big competition.”
Results
Quarter-Finals
Tracey Boyes (Meon Valley) bt Kim Crooks (Saltburn By The Sea) 2 holes.
Hannah Ralph (Cowdray Park) bt Cori Lee (West Lancashire) 3 and 1.
Katie Mundy (Dunwood Manor) bt Laura Harvey (Richmond (Yorkshire) 2 holes.
Rachel Drummond (Beaconsfield) bt Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) at 21st.
Semi-finals:
Ralph bt Boyes 2 and 1.
Mundy bt Drummond 4 and 3.
Details: www.englishwomensgolf.org
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer

ENGLAND v FRANCE IN BOTH
BRITISH GIRLS’ SEMI-FINALS

FROM THE LADIES GOLF UNION WEBSITE
www.lgu.org
It’s England v France in both semi-finals of the British girls’ open amateur championship at West Lancashire Golf Club on Friday morning.
In the first, Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies), who followed up her toppling of the No 1 seed on Wednesday with two good wins over German competitors, will play France.s Perrine Delacour.
And in the second semi-final, it will be Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield), recent winner of the English Under-15 girls’ championship, against Rosanna Crepiat (France), who will be playing for Europe in the Junior Solheim Cup match in Illinois next Tuesday and Wednesday.
“I feel like I’m playing the best golf of my life at the moment,” said Alexandra Peters.
Her phenomenal record over the past week or so bears that out.
Alex won five out of six matches in spearheading England to victory in the girls’ home international at Fairhaven Golf Club last week.
Then she combined with Holly Clyburn and Hayley Davis to win the international team trophy over the stroke-play rounds at West Lancashire at the beginning of this week.
And on the first day of the match-play stages, Peters survived a 19th hole fright before beating the No 1 seed, Noemi Jimenez from Spain.
Today, Alex, who qualified in 32nd place, beat Antonia Scherer by 3 and 1 and then entered the last four by beating a second German, Vicki Troeltsch, by 4 and 3.
“I reckon I was level par in the morning and one under par in the afternoon and I’m enjoying every minute,” she said.
Peters lost the first hole to a birdie but cancelled that out with a birdie of her own at the fourth and went two up with winning pars at the fifth and seventh. She lost the eight with her only bogey of the round, missing the green left, but went two up again with a par at the ninth.
There was still a chance that Vicki Troeltsch would get a recovery going until Alex holed a 36ft putt for a birdie 2 at the short 12th after a four-iron tee shot pin high.
Then Peters followed that up with the virtual knock-out blow, a 4 at the 13th to go four up.
For a long time it looked as if it might be an all-English first semi-final but Hayley Davis (Ferndown) was caught close home by Perrine Delacour. Hayley had been three up after six holes but her French opponent had cut the lead to one hole by the 11th. At the 14th, Delacour squared the match and then took the lead for the first time with a birdie at the 16th, just when she needed it.
And the French player clinched a two-hole victory by winning the 18th.
“I played well, except for the last hole,” said Davis.
Elizabeth Mallett, whose father captained the England hockey team 25 years ago, does not venture out on the course when his daughter is playing – and he missed to great wins.
She beat English Under-18 girls champion Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) at the 20th in a morning thriller and then triumped by 3 and 2 in an all-English quarter-final against Jess Wilcox from Blankney.
“I came to West Lancashire with only one target – to qualify for the match-play stages.
I did that OK and the rest has just followed. My short game has been terrific. I’ve been getting up and down from everywhere,” said Elizabeth who was level par in her win over Wilcox.
“I was two down after only three holes to Jess but I’ve been down in some of my other matches. I don’t let it bother me. This is a tricky links course where you have to a bit of thinking to play well. I like it.”
Mallett squared the match with successes at the fourth and fifth and took the lead for the firt time at the seventh. There was not much between the players over the next few holes until Elizabeth made what proved to be the decisive move.
She won the 11th and 12th to go two up and, after halves at the 14th and 15th, she wrapped a place in the last four by winning the 16th.
Her opponent in the second semi-final is arguably the best French Under-18 player, Rosanna Crepiat who showed her class with a 7 and 6 morning win over compatriot Alexandra Bonetti and then showed her nerve by coming back from one down on the 18th tee to win at the 20th against Mara Puisite from Latvia.

Today's results

THIRD ROUND
Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies) bt Antonia Scherer (Germany) 3 and 1.
Vicki Troeltsch (Germany) bt Eugenia Ferrero (Italy) 4 and 3.
Perrine Delacour (France) bt Raphaela Dyer (Hayling Island) 4 and 3.
Hayley Davis (Ferndown) bt Federica Constantini (Italy) at 19th.
Jess Wilcox (Blankney) bt Elia Folchy (Spain) at 19th.
Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield) bt Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) at 20th.
Rosanna Crepiat (France) bt Alexandra Bonetti (France) 7 and 6
.Mark Puisite (Latvia) bt Amy Boulden (Maesdu) 3 and 2.

QUARTER-FINALS
Peters bt Troeltsch 4 and 3.
Delacour bt Davis 2 holes.
Mallett bt Wilcox 3 and 2.
Crepiat bt Puisite bt Crepiat at 20th

St Andrews Links Trust Strathtyrum Tournament Scoreboard

FIRST ROUND RESULTS
Karen Marshall (Baberton) bt Carol Houghton (Oakmere Park) 3 and 2.
Ruth Maguire (Correstown, Ireland) bt Shona Simpson (Murrayfield) 2 holes.
Elizabeth Goodwin (Glenbervie) bt Marilyn Hendereson (West Rhine) 3 and 2.
Lynnette Hebeden Pryor Hayes) bt Joan Marshall (Baberton) b4 and 2.
Elaine Clark (Manchester) bt Gillian Roscoe (Penwortham) 6 and 4.
Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) bt Martina Wegers-Fliegner (Munchen) 4 and 2.
Linsey Stevenson (Elie & Earlsferry) bt Dawn Pearson (South Africa) 5 and 4.
Karen Clayton (Manchester) bt Victoria Gaskell (Richmond) at 19th.
Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) bt Sue Reynolds (Oakmere Park) 7 and 5.
Morag Macpherson (Troon Ladies) bt Margaret McAuliffe (Ballybunion) 1 hole.
Jennifer Fallows (Manchester) bt Grace Anderson (Morpeth) 2 and 1.
Pamela Williamson (Baberton) bt Marsha Button(Nuneaton) 4 and 3.
Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus) bt Valerie Kirkwood (Furness) 8 and 6.
Helen Faulds(Douglas Park) bt Sarah Ledingham (Murrayfield) 2 holes,.
Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) bt Maria Dwyer (Skibbereen) 6 and 4.
Elizabeth Burns (Penwortham) bt Gabi Heuchel (East Berkshire) 1 hole.

SECOND ROUND
Marshall bt Maguire 3 and 2.
Hebden be E Godwin 3 and 2.]Clark bt A Goodwin 4 and 3.
Stevenson bt Clayton 4 and 2.
Ramsay bt MacPherson 6 and 4.
Williamson bt Fallows 4 and 2.
Hanlon bt Faulds 5 and 4.
Fraser bt Burns 5 and 3.

QUARTER-FINALS
Marshall bt Hebden 1 hole.
Clark bt Stevenson 2 and 1.
Ramsay bt Williamson 2 holes.
Hanlon bt Fraser 5 and 4.

SEMI-FINALS
Karen Marshall (Baberton) (No 1 qualifier) v Elaine Clark (Manchester) (No 4 qualifier).
Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) (No 2 qualifier) v Rachael Hanlon (St Regulus) (No 3 qualifier).

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Ball-spotter at British girls championship declines

a hard hat ... and finishes up in hospital

A volunteer ball-spotter had to be taken to hospital during this morning's third-round play in the British girls' open amateur championship at West Lancashire.
Ann Kynaston, who had declined to wear one of the hard hats given by the Ladies Golf Union to ball-spotters, was struck on the forehead by a drive from English girls champion Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa), the ball having travelled an estimated 180 to 200 yards from the tee.
The blow felled the ball-spotter and there was a considerable flow of blood from the wound. Paramedics were called to treat her and she was taken to a hospital in Southport.
The incident apparently caused great distress among the young female spectators in the vicity and Holly herself with distraught when she realised how badly hurt the woman was. Later Miss Clyburn gave Ann Kynaston an autographed hat.
The personal downside for Holly was that the ball ricocheted from Ann's head into a water hazard and she lost the hole ... and eventually was beaten at the 20th hole by another English player, 15-year-old Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield).

England supply half the quarter-finalists

British girls' open amateur championship

Four English players are through to this afternoon's quarter-finals of the British girls' open amateur championship at West Lancashire Golf Club.

Results (qualifying number in brackets):

THIRD ROUND
Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies) (32) bt Antonia Scherer (Germany) (17) 3 and 1.
Vicki Troeltsch (Germany) (24) bt Eugenia Ferrero (Italy) (57) 4 and 3.
Perrine Delacour (France) (36) bt Raphaela Dyer (Hayling Island) (12) 4 and 3.
Hayley Davis (Ferndown) (20) bt Federica Constantini (Italy) ( 61) at 19th.

Jess Wilcox (Blankney) (46) bt Elia Folchy (Spain) (35) at 19th.
Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield) (6) bt Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) (22) at 20th.
Rosanna Crepiat (France) (23) bt Alexandra Bonetti (France) (26) 7 and 6.
Mark Puisite (Latvia) (47) bt Amy Boulden (Maesdu) (34) 3 and 2.

Murcar Links' Ladies Open Greensomes on August 23

Murcar Links Golf Club , who are celebrating their centenary this year, are holding a ladies open greensomes on Sunday, August 23.
Tee times are available between 9am and mid-day. At a cost of £12 per couple it's a great chance to play a lovely golf course (says Laura McLardy).
Please phone 01224 704354 during office hours to enter.

Charlotte turns the mid-am clock back to

2006 by reaching quarter-finals

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Gloucestershire’s Charlotte Ellis – the title-winner in 2006 – is through to the quarter-finals of the English women’s open mid-amateur championship at Denham, Buckinghamshire.
Charlotte – who has just been picked for England’s Home International team – came safely through a day of tight matches and a big upset. Top seed and new English strokeplay champion Charlotte Wild lost her first round match on the 18th. She was beaten by Bedfordshire’s Laura Collin, who earlier in the season, was in the last four at the British amateur.
However, Laura, in turn, was beaten in the second round by Yorkshire’s Kim Crooks – on the fifth extra hole.
Over the day, five matches went into extra time and another eight were decided only on the last hole. Charlotte Ellis, the second seed, was one of those who had to play extra holes. Her first round match against Harriet Owers-Bradley of Nottinghamshire went to the 20th before she produced a winning up-and-down from a downhill lie in a bunker.
In the afternoon, though, she defeated Kym Larratt of Leicestershire on the 16th.
“My results have been good but I was a bit scrappy this morning,” said Charlotte. “I hit the ball well from tee to green but I wasn’t lagging my long putts and I was leaving a bit of work to do.”
She was much steadier in the afternoon and was three up after the third, where she chipped in. Charlotte won the sixth to go four up and held a comfortable lead throughout the match. Now, she plays the last Buckinghamshire player in the field, Rachel Drummond of Beaconsfield.
Charlotte was the runner-up in last week’s English strokeplay championship and another strong contender in that event is also continuing to show good form. Lancashire’s Cori Lee was taken to the 18th this morning but finished off her second round match with four holes to spare.
The quarter-finalists are:
Kim Crooks (Saltburn By The Sea) v Tracey Boyes (Meon Valley).
Cori Lee (West Lancashire) v Hannah Ralph (Cowdray Park).
Katie Mundy (Dunwood Manor) v Laura Harvey (Richmond, Yorkshire).
Rachel Drummond (Beaconsfield) v Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton).
Results
Round one
Laura Collin (John O’Gaunt) bt Charlotte Wild (Mere) 1 hole.
Kim Crooks (Saltburn by the Sea) bt Georgina Hunt (Lewes) at 19th.
Charlotte Dalton (Ladbrook Park) bt Carley Warrington (Sickleholme) 4 and 3.
Tracey Boyes (Meon Valley) bt Emma Clegg (Wilpshire) 7 and 6.
Cori Lee (West Lancashire) bt Laura Cutler (Warley Park) 1 hole.
Kate Whitmore (Sandiway) bt Harriet Key (South Herts) 3 and 2.
Emilee Taylor (Gainsborough) bt Claire Starkie (Silsden) at 19th.
Hannah Ralph (Cowdray Park) bt Kirsty Rands (Burhill) 4 and 2.
Laura Jones (Royal Liverpool Ladies) bt Stacey Rodger (West Hove) 2 and 1.
Katie Mundy (Dunwood Manor) bt Hermione FitzGerald (Links, Newmarket) 1 hole.
Emma Fairnie (Dunbar) bt Jo Hodge (Knowle) 4 and 3.
Laura Harvey (Richmond, Yorkshire) bt Tara Watters (Muswell Hill) 1 hole.
Rachel Drummond (Beaconsfield) bt Lisa Ball (Matfen Hall) 2 holes.
Katherine Russell (Royal Ashdown Forest) bt Jerry Lawrence (Rochester & Cobham Park) 1 hole.
Kym Larratt (Kibworth) bt Nicole Whitmore (Woburn) 6 and 4.
Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) bt Harriet Owers-Bradley (Wollaton Park) at 20th.
Round Two
Crooks bt Collin at 23rd.
Boyes bt Dalton 1 hole.
Lee bt K Whitmore 5 and 4.
Ralph bt Taylor at 19th.
Mundy bt Jones 2 holes.
Harvey bt Fairnie 2 and 1.
Drummond bt Russell 4 and 2.
Ellis beat Larratt 3 and 2.
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer

No Scots left in last sixteen of British

girls championship at West Lancs

Two rounds of match-play have whittled the British girls' open amateur championship field of 64 qualifiers down to 16 players at West Lancashire Golf Club.
But it took only one round to snuff out the Scottish challenge.
Kilmacolm's Eilidh Briggs and Carly Booth from Comrie, who qualified in ninth and 10th position respectively, were beaten by Continental players who were 55th and 56th best at the end of the stroke-play eliminator.
After a fairly even start through four holes, Eilidh had slumped to three down against Clemence Abrahamian and her French opponent went on to win by 3 and 2.
Carly lost by 2 and 1 to Spain's Luna Sobron who had been one up after four and two up at the turn.
Carly and her father Wally later alleged to fellow Scot Susan Simpson, the Ladies Golf Union's Head of Golf Operations, that a spectator had stood on Carly's ball in the rough at the 15th, making it a virtually unplayable lie.
Alexandra Peters, 15-year-old Notts Ladies player, knocked out the Spanish No 1 seed, Noemi Jimenez by 5 and 4 in the afternoon's second-round ties with a three-under-par display.
England have the biggest representation in the last 16 - six players - Wales have one, Ireland and Scotland 0. But Spain, to be fair, have only one.
+Log on to www.lgu.org to read a full report on each day's play.

British girls' open amateur championship scoreboard
West Lancashire Golf Club
FIRST ROUND MATCH-PLAY
Noemi Jimenez (Spa) bt Bertine Strauss (SAf) 2 and 1.
Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies) bt Broan Townend (Pleasington) at 19th.
Ant onia Scherer (Ger) bt Bianca Maria Fabrizio (Ita) 3 and 2.
Jinjira Rasmussen (Den) bt Anna-Lena Kraemer (Ger) 4 and 3.
Clemence Abrahamian (Fra) bt Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 3 and 2.
Vicki Troeltsch (Ger) bt Laue Castelain (Fra) 3 and 2.
Nerea Salaverria (Spa) bt Begona Jauregui Garcia (Spa) 2 and 1.
Eugenia Ferrero (Ita) bt Nicole Broch Larsen (Den) 1 hole.

Johanna Tillstrom (Swe) bt Victoria Scherer (Ger) at 20th.
Perrine Delacour (Fra) bt Louise Ridderstrom (Swe) 2 and 1.
Rebecca Huber (Swi) bt Daisy Neilsen (Den) 3 and 2.
Raphaela Dyer (Hayling Island) bt Andrea Vilarasu (Spa) 1 hole.
Justine Dreher (Fra) bt Nikki Foster (Pleasington) 2 and 1.
Hayley Davis (Ferndown) bt Roberta Roeller (Ger) 6 and 5.
Celine Boutier (Fra) bt Tonje Daffinrud (Nor) 2 and 1.
Federica Constantini (ItaP bt Heidi Baek (Felixstowe Ferry) 1 hole.

Hannah Turland (Tidworth) bt Katharina Soehniein (Ger) 2 and 1.
Elia Folch (Spa) bt Anna Aresse (Spa) 3 and 2.
Jess Wilcox (Blankney) bt Laura Sedda (Ita) 2 and 1.
Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion) bt Manon De Roey (Bel) 2 and 1.
Connie Chen (SAf) bt Camilla Hedberg (Spa) 1 hole.
Holly Clyburn (WoodhallSpa) bt Marina Stuetz (Aut) 4 and 2.
Jessica Schiele (Kenwick Park) bt Sophia Popov (Ger) 4 and 2.
Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield) bt Emilie Alonso (Fra) 3 and 2.

Laetitia Beck (Isr) bt Maria Villamil (Spa) 4 and 2.
Alexandra Bonetti (Fra) bt Jana Niedballa (Ger) 4 and 3.
Rosanna Crepiatt (Fra) bt Christina Kaisler (Ger) 6 and 4.
Luna Sobron (Spa) bt Carly Booth (Comrie) 2 and 1.
Bronte Law (Bramhall) bt Marlies Krenn (Aut) 6 and 5.
Mara Puisite (Latv) bt Mandy Goyos (Spa) 3 and 2.
Amy Boulden (Maesdh) bt Josephine Janson (Swe) 3 and 2.
Manon Gidali (Fra) bt Jessica Bradley (Tiverton) 3 and 2.

SECOND ROUND
Peters bt Jimenez 5 and 4.
Scherer bt Rasmussen 2 and 1.
Troeltsch bt Abrahamian 1 hole.
Ferrero bt Salaverria 1 hole.
Delacouor bt Tillstrom 3 and 2.
Dywer bt Huber 5 and 3.
Davis bt Dreher 3 and 1.
Constantini bt Boutier 1 hole.

Follch bt Turland 1 hole.
Wilcox bt O'Driscoll 1 hole.
Clyburn bt Chen 4 and 3.
Mallett bt Schiele 2 and 1.
Bonetti bt Beck at 20th.
Crepiatt bt Sobron 3 and 2.
Puisite bt Law 1 hole.
Boulden bt Gidali 2 and 1.

Note from Editor Colin Farquharson. As readers of Kirkwoodgolf.co.uk will know, I am fascinated by US college golf. Scott Goddard of Davis & Elkins College, who attended the Scottish boys' match-play championship at Royal Aberdeen in April, will not mind me letting you read his welcoming letter to his golf team for the new season. It gives you an insight into the amount of work and attention to detail that men like Scott have to do behind the scenes.
We'll do our best to give you regular news updates about the Scots on the Davis & Elkins College golf team - and the non-Scots as well! - as part of our comprehensive US college service.


From Scott Goddard
Dean of Students and Golf Coach
Davis & Elkins College,
Elkins, West Virgina.

I’m excited about the upcoming year. I feel that we will have a solid team that can make an immediate impact on the W.V.I.A.C. ( West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference). Please find the roster below with everyone’s “travel notes:"

Cory Dillinger-Senior from Bobtown , PA (Arriving on Sunday, August 16, 2009-Driving)
Christopher Dillon-Sophomore from Harrisburg , PA (Arriving on Sunday, August 16, 2009-Driving)
Alasdair Forsythe-Sophomore from Glasgow, Scotland (Arriving on Sunday, August 16, 2009 with Robert McCleneghen-Flying into PIT and taking the 6:00 p.m. D&E Airport Shuttle)
Robert McCleneghen-Freshman from Glasgow, Scotland (Arriving on Sunday, August 16, 2009 with Alasdair Forsythe-Flying into PIT and taking the 6:00 p.m. D&E Airport Shuttle)
Samuel Oliver-Freshman from Bedlington, UK (Arriving on Sunday, August 16, 2009 with his mother Dawn who will be departing on Monday, August 24, 2009. Dawn will be staying at the Graceland Inn & Conference Center . Flying into PIT and renting a car.)
Jacob Palm-Senior from Orlando , FL (Arriving on Sunday, August 16, 2009-Driving)
Fred Roby-Freshman from Petersburg , WV (Arriving on Sunday, August 16, 2009-Driving)
Daniel Richardson, Freshman from Leatherhead, UK (Arriving on Saturday, August 15, 2009 with his father Andrew who will be departing on Thursday, August 20, 2009. Andrew will be staying at the Graceland Inn & Conference Center . Flying into PIT and renting a car.)
Ricardo Soler-Senior from Chi-Cundinamarca , Colombia (On Campus)
David Shields-Freshman from Glasgow, Scotland (Arriving on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 with his mother Margaret who will be departing on Wednesday, August 19, 2009. Margaret will be staying at the Graceland Inn & Conference Center . Flying into PIT and renting a car.)
Colin Sutherland -Freshman from Crail, Scotland (Arriving on Thursday, August 13, 2009 with his father Donnie who will be departing on Monday, August 17, 2009. Donnie please contact me about your accommodations. Flying into PIT and renting a car.)
For those of you driving to the Campus for the first time please refer to this link: http://www.davisandelkins.edu/admission/gethere.cfm
I would like to share a few “packing tips”. All of you will be receiving a Davis & Elkins College team golf bag upon your arrival and clearance from the N.C.A.A. Clearinghouse. So, a simple bag to carry your clubs will be sufficient. The College provides team polos for competitions and assorted items for colder/wetter weather. That being said, I would recommend brining your own rain gear. Please bring assorted shorts and trousers in khaki and black to wear in competition. They do not need to be top of the line articles of clothing, just need to make sure there is some consistency when we step on the course. Obviously please do not forget your golf shoes.
Finally, with the large influx of Scottish student athletes I would like to work in concert with our Director of Communications and Marketing (Carol Schuler) on a press release to local media outlets.
Davis & Elkins College is proud of it’s heritage and happy to have so many young men from Scotland . So, I ask that one of you bring across the Scottish flag to use in the picture/story.

Scott D. Goddard
Dean of Students & Golf Coach
Davis & Elkins College (http://www.davisandelkins.edu/)
100 Campus Drive
Elkins, WV 26241
Office Phone:304-637-1352
Cellular Phone:304-642-1352
Fax:304-637-1371

Charlotte Wild sets the pace in

English mid-amateur championship

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Charlotte Wild – who won her first national title last week – shot six-under par over 36 holes at Denham to lead the qualifiers for the English women's open mid-amateur championship.
The new English stroke-play champion is eight shots clear of the field after returning scores of one-under 71 and five-under 67 on the Buckinghamshire course. It was exactly the performance she wanted after her big win last week.
“When you’re playing well you have to try and ride the wave for as long as possible,” she said. “But you don’t win by qualifying – there’s a long way to go.”
Charlotte leads 32 qualifiers into the match-play stages of the championship and in the first round meets Bedfordshire’s Laura Collin who recently reached the semi-finals of the British amateur championship at Harlech, North Wales.
The cut fell at 12-over par 156.
The 19-year-old Charlotte – who has just been picked for England’s Home International team – played well all day, but more putts dropped in the afternoon. Charlotte was level par after seven holes of her second round – and her low-scoring spree began when she holed a 20-footer for eagle on the ninth.
Three more birdies followed on the inward half.
“I hit the ball exactly the same morning and afternoon but more putts dropped in the second round, said Charlotte.
Her closest challengers were three players on two-over par, including last week’s runner-up, Charlotte Ellis of Gloucestershire. Lancashire’s Cori Lee, who was fourth in the stroke-play, also figured strongly with a three-over par total.
Qualifying scores
Par 144 (2x72) CSS 75 74
138 Charlotte Wild (Mere) 71 67.
146 Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) 73 73, Laura Jones (Royal Liverpool) 72 74, Hannah Ralph (Cowdray Park) 72 74.
147 Corisande Lee (West Lancashire) 75 72.
148 Laura Harvey (Richmond ,Yorkshire) 76 72, Rachel Drummond (Beaconsfield) 76 72, Tracey Boyes (Meon Valley).
150 Charlotte Dalton (Ladbrook Park) 76 74, Jerry Lawrence (Rochester & Cobham Park) 75 75.
151 Emma Fairnie (Dunbar) 76 75, Harriet Key (South Herts) 73 78.
152 Claire Starkie (Silsden) 78 74, Katie Mundy (Dunwood Manor) 78 74, Nicole Whitmore (Woburn) 75 77.
153 Georgina Hunt (Lewes) 77 76, Kimberley Crooks (Saltburn By The Sea) 75 78, Kym Larratt (Kibworth) 75 78.
154 Hermione FitzGerald (Links, Newmarket) 80 74, Emilee Taylor (Gainsborough) 80 74, Kate Whitmore (Sandiway) 78 76, Jo Hodge (Knowle) 77 77, Katherine Russell (Royal Ashdown Forest) 76 78, Carley Warrington (Sickleholme) 75 79, Emma Clegg (Wilpshire) 74 80.
155 Lisa Ball (Matfen Hall) 80 75, Tara Watters (Muswell Hill) 77 78, Laura Cutler (Warley Park) 77 78, Kirsty Rands (Burhill) 76 79, Stacey Rodger (West Hove) 76 79.
156 Harriet Owers-Bradley (Wollaton Park) 81 75, Laura Collin (John O'Gaunt) 78 78
First round matchplay draw:
Charlotte Wild v Laura Collin
Kimberley Crooks v Georgina Hunt
Charlotte Dalton v Carley Warrington
Emma Clegg v Tracey Boyes
Corisande Lee v Laura Cutler
Kate Whitmore v Harriet Key
Claire Starkie v Emilee Taylor
Kirsty Rands v Hannah Ralph
Laura Jones v Stacey Rodger
Hermione FitzGerald v Katie Mundy
Emma Fairnie v Jo Hodge
Tara Watters v Laura Harvey
Rachel Drummond v Lisa Ball
Katherine Russell v Jerry Lawrence
Nicole Whitmore v Kym Larratt
Harriet Owers-Bradley v Charlotte Ellis

Full details and hole-by-hole scoring: www.englishwomensgolf.org
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer

BRITISH GIRLS’ OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
West Lancashire Golf Club.
QUALIFIERS FOR MATCH-PLAY
Par 144 (2x72) CSS 78 tbc
NO PLAY-OFF NECESSSARY
143 Noemi Jimenez (Spa) 70 73.
146 Manon Gidali (Fra) 76 70.
147 Heidi Baek (Felixstowe Ferry) 71 76, Johanna Tillstrom (Swe) 75 74, Hannah Turland (Tidworth) 72 75.
149 Laetitia Beck (Isr) 75 74, Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield) 75 74.
150 Raphaela Dyer (Hayling Island) 75 75, Nicole Broch Larsen (Den) 77 73, Carly Booth (Comrie) 75 75, Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 75 75, Camilla Hedberg (Spa) 75 75.
151 Marlies Krenn (Aut) 74 77, Mandy Goyos (Spa) 72 79, Antonia Scherer Ger) 73 78, Manon de Roey (Bel) 75 76, Nikki Foster (Pleasington) 79 72.
152 Sophia Popov (Ger) 75 77, Rosanna Crepiatt (Fra) 76 76, Laura Sedda (Spa) 79 73, Alexandra Bonetti (Fra) 75 77, Hayley Davis (Ferndown) 77 75, Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 77 75, Vicki Troeltsch (Ger) 76 76, Nerea Salaverria (Spa) 76 76, Daisy Neilsen (Denmark) 77 75.
153 Josephine Janson (Swe) 77 76, Anna Aresse (Spa) 79 74, Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies) 74 79, Celine Boulder (Fra) 80 73, Mara Puisite (Latvia) 73 82.
154 Perrine Delacour (Fra) 72 82, Brogan Townend (Pleasington) 80 74, Elia Folch (Spa) 77 77, Amy Boulden (Maesdu) 77 77, Tonje Daffinrud (Nor) 75 79.
155 Jana Niedballa (Ger) 81 74, Rebecca Huber (Swi) 76 79, Marina Stuetz (Aut) 77 78, Jess Wilcox (Blankney) 74 81, Jessica Schiele (Kenwick Park) 81`74, Kristina Kaisler (Ger) 78 77, Begona Jauregui Garcia (Spa) 79 76, Roberta Roeller (Ger) 75 80..
156 Bronte Law (Bramhall) 78 78, Emma O’Driscoll (Ballybunion) 78 78, Bianca Maria Fabrizio (Ita) 81 75, Justine Dreher (Fra) 82 74, Jinjira Rasmussen (Den) 79 77
157 Luna Sobron (Spa) 79 78, Connie Chen (SAf) 79 78, Andrea Vilarasu (Spa) 84 73, Clemence Abrahamian (Fra) 76 81
158 Emelie Alonso (Fra) 80 78, Federica Constantini (Ita) 79 79, Victoria Scherer (Ger) 80 78, Eugenia Ferrero (Ita) 81 77, Maria Villamil (Spa) 81 77, Katharina Soehnien (Ger) 78 80, Bertine Strauss (SAf) 77 81, Jessica Bradley (Tiverton) 77 81.

DID NOT QUALIFY
159 Margaux Vanmoi (Bel) 82 77, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 80 79, Charlotte Thomas (Sing) 81 78, Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham St Annes) 81 78, Bethany Garton (Royal Lytham St Annes) 78 81, Bronwyn Davies (Wolstanton) 82 77, Anna Antoniutti (Ita) 78 81, Marta Sanz Barrio (Spa) 77 82, Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough) 74 85, Rocio Sanchez Lobato (Spa) 85 74, Sian Evans (Faversham) 78 81, Gabriella Wahl (Ger) 77 82, Daisy Dyer (Chigwell) 81 78.
160 Georgia Hall (Ferndown) 80 80, Kirsty Condon (Blankney) 81 79, Patrice Delaney (Birr) 81 79, Denise Kalek (Ger) 76 84, Olivia Winning (Rotherham) 79 81..
161 Emelie Lundestrom (Swe) 84 77, Sarah Winter (Carnalea) 83 78, Nicola Rawlinson (Leyland) 80 81, Rebecca Hedeles (Royal Norwich) 81 80.
162 Ana Fernandez de Diego (Spa 86 76, Sophie Godley (Lindrick) 82 80, Merle Kasperek (Ger) 81 81, Elizabeth Stebbings (Wilpshire) 76 86, Sonja Riedinger (Ger) 78 84
163 Maiju Uusi-simola (Fin) 85 78, Yushira Budhram (SAf) 83 80, Ines Lescudier (Fra) 85 78, Melissa McMahon (Yeovil) 83 80, Teresa Caballer (Spa) 78 85, Rebecca Gee (Wellingborough) 76 87.
164 Laura Christiaens (Bel) 81 83, Meike Fleck (Ger) 81 83, Olivia Berer (Swi\) 87 77, Miranda Brain (Gog Magog) 85 79,Joana Yanez (Spa) 82 82, Hally Leadbetter (US) 86 78, Valeria Tandrini (Ita) 81 83, Lena Schaeffner 9Ger) 85 79.
165 Ana Fernandez de Mesa (Spa) 82 83, Isabel Gadea (Ger) 80 85..
166 Lucy Evans (Lilleshall Hall) 82 84, Cristina McQuiston (Ita) 88 78, Gemma Bradbury (Cottrell Park) 86 80, Charlotte Austwick (PikeHills) 79 87, Lorraine Mulliez (Swi) 83 83, Isabel Jimenez Perez (Spa) 87 79, Jana Kohlhammer (Ger) 89 77.
167 Charley Hull (Ketteriing) 88 79, Nina Schlund (Ger) 84 83.
168 Natasha Gobey (Rhondda) 83 85, Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 82 86, Fanny Cnops (Bel) 88 80, Johanna Neumann (Ger) 84 84, Chiara Brizzolari (Ita) 88 80,
169 Katie Bradbury (Cottrell Park) 86 83, Camille Chevalier (Fra) 81 88, Nina Von Siebenthal (Swi) 87 82.
171 Camille Collet (Fra) 87 84, Helen Searle (West End) 87 84.
172 Irene Calvo Sanx (Spa) 90 82, Katharina Munch (Ger) 89 83, Lesley Atkins (Minto) 83 89, Claujdia Chemin (Fra) 82 90.
173 Mary Larsh (US) 88 85, Maria Couffignal (Fra) 86 87, Leticia Ras-Anderica (Spa) 93 80, Ashleigh Grimes (Newcastle Under lyme) 84 89.
174 Maria Cantanni (Ita) 89 85.
176 Lourdes Rocio Lopez Caballo (Spa) 94 82.
178 Paloma Jauregui Garcia (Spa) 88 90, Jeanne Metivier (Fra) 93 85.
184 Beatriz Prados Fraile (Spa) 93 91.
193 Sophie Lacroix (Fra) 96 97.
195 Paula Mustienes (Spa) 99 96.

TEAM EVENT FINAL PLACINGS
Best two from three scores to count daily.
301 ENGLAND 151 150 (H Clyburn 77 75, Alexandra Peters 74 69, Hayley Davis 77 75; SWEDEN 150 151 (E Lundstrom 84 77, Louise Ridderstrom 75 77, Johanna Tillstrom 75 74). England won with lower second round total.
302 SPAIN 154 148 (Anna Arrese 79 74, Camilla Hederg 75 75, Rocio Sanchez 85 74).
306 FRANCE 146 160, AUSTRIA 151 155.
308 SWITZERLAND.
314 SOUTH AFRICA.
315 IRELAND 159 156 (Patrice Delaney 81 79, Emma O’Driscoll 78 78, Sara H=Louise Winter 83 78).
316 ITALY.
317 WALES 160 157 (Amy Boulden 77 77,Gemma Bradbury 86 80, Natasha Gobey 83 85)
318 SCOTLAND 157 161 (Lesley Atikins 83 89, Eilidh Briggs 75 75, Rachael Watton 82 86).

FIRST ROUND MATCH-PLAY TIES
7.30 Jimenez v Strauss.
7.38 Townend v Peters.
7.46 Scherer v Fabrizio.
7.54 Rasmussen v Kraemer.
8.02 Briggs v Abrahamian.
8.10 Castelain v Troeltsch.
8.18 Salaverria v Jauregui Garcia.
8.26 Ferrero v Broch Larsen.
8.34 Tillstrom v Scherer.
8.42 Delacour v Ridderstrom.
8.50 Neilsen v Huber.
8.58 Vilarasu v Dywer.
9.06 Foster v Dreher.
8.14 Roeller v Davis.
9.22 Boutier v Daffinrud.
8.30 Constantini v v Baek.
9.38 Turland v Soehnlein.
9.46 Folch v Aresse.
9.54 Sedda v Wilcox.
10.02 O'Driscoll v De Roey.
10.10 Hedberg v Chen.
10.18 Stuetz v Clyburn.
10.26 Popov v Schiele.
10.34 Alonso v Mallegtt.
10.42 Beck v Villamil.
10.50 Niedballa v Bonetti.
10.58 Crepatt v Kaisler.
11.06 Sobron v Booth.
11.14 Krenn v Law.
11.22 Puisite v Goyos.
11.30 Janson v Bouolden.
11,38 Bradley v Gidali.

No play-off necessary at West Lancashire GC

TWO SCOTS, CARLY AND EILIDH, MAKE

IT THROUGH TO BRITISH GIRLS MATCH-PLAY


Only two Scots – Carly Booth from Comrie and Kilmacolm’s Eilidh Briggs – qualified for the match-play stages after the two stroke-play eliminating rounds finished in wind and rain at West Lancashire Golf Club this evening.
Both Carly, 17, and 16-year-old Elidh had totals of six-over-par 150, made up of two 75s each.
They qualified with ease quite high up among the 64 who made it through with totals of 158 or better.
Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) missed out with scores of 80 and 79 for 159, and Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) bowed out on 168 with rounds of 82 and 86.
Borders women’s champion Lesley Atkins (Minto), who is enduring that loss of form which all young improving players go through at some time or other, had scores of 83 and 89 for 172.
Eilidh Briggs clinched her place with two late birdies, at the 14th and 16th in an inward 37 for 75 while Carly covered the last 13 holes with 12 pars and one bogey … the kind of form that wins match-play ties.
Rachael Watton had a nightmare 9 at the par-4 10th and had an inward half of 46.
Leading qualifier was the 15-year-old Spanish girl, Noemi Jimenez from Malaga, with rounds of 70 and 73 for 143.

DONNA POCOCK EQUALS BRAEMAR

WOMEN'S COURSE RECORD OF 63

Past Aberdeenshire champion Donna Pocock (Murcar Links) equalled the 12-year-old Braemar women's course record with a brilliant round of nine-under-par 63 in the club's women's open tournament.
Donna's figures were:
OUT: 4 4 3 4 2 4 3 4 4 – 32.
IN: 4 3 5 2 3 5 3 3 3 – 31.
The 2 at the fifth is an eagle and she had nine birdies: at the second, fourth, seventh, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 16th and 17th. She also had two bogeys, at the sixth and 12th.
Her halves were four under par on the way out and five under par on the way home.
Former Curtis Cup player and past Scottish champion Elaine Farquharson-Black (Deeside) set the record on July 12, 1998 and it is interesting to compare the figures with which she set the 63 mark. They were:

OUT: 5 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 - 31.

IN: 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 - 32.

If you have the time you might like to compare Donna and Elaine's scorecards and see who would have won in a "fantasy" match-play tie between the two of them on their day of days (Three months later in October 1997, Elaine smashed the Moray Old Course women's record with a 10-under-par round of 65).
Donna, who has brought her handicap down to one, won the Braemar tournament by three shots from another past county champion Sheena Wood (Hazlehead) with Claire Hargan (Mortonhall), also a former cap and multi-Midlothian county champion, third on 68.

*Picture of Donna Pocock is by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

BRITISH GIRLS’ OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
West Lancashire Golf Club.
QUALIFIERS FOR MATCH-PLAY
Par 144 (2x72) CSS 78 tbc BRITISH GIRLS’ OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
West Lancashire Golf Club.
Clubhouse scores at 5pm
146 Manon Gidali (Fra) 76 70.
147 Heidi Baek (Felixstowe Ferry) 71 76, Johanna Tillstrom (Swe) 75 74, Hannah Turland (Tidworth) 72 75.
149 Laetitia Beck (Isr) 75 74.
150 Raphaela Dyer (Hayling Island) 75 75, Nicole Broch Larsen (Den) 77 73, Carly Booth (Comrie) 75 75, Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 75 75.
151 Marlies Krenn (Aut) 74 77, Mandy Goyos (Spa) 72 79, Antonia Scherer Ger) 73 78, Manon de Roey (Bel) 75 76.
152 Sophia Popov (Ger) 75 77, Rosanna Crepiatt (Fra) 76 76, Laura Sedda (Spa) 79 73, Alexandra Bonetti (Fra) 75 77, Hayley Davis (Ferndown) 77 75, Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 77 75, Vicki Troeltsch (Ger) 76 76, Nerea Salaverria (Spa) 76 76..
153 Josephine Janson (Swe) 77 76, Anna Aresse (Spa) 79 74, Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies) 74 79.
154 Perrine Delacour (Fra) 72 82, Brogan Townend (Pleasington) 80 74, Elia ~Folch (Spa) 77 77.
155 Jana Niedballa (Ger) 81 74, Rebecca Huber (Swi) 76 79, Marina Stuetz (Aut) 77 78, Jess Wilcox (Blankney) 74 81, Jessica Schiele (Kenwick Park) 81`74, Kristina Kaisler (Ger) 78 77, Begona Jauregui Garcia (Spa) 79 76, Roberta Roeller (Ger) 75 80..
156 Bronte Law (Bramhall) 78 78, Emma O’Driscoll (Ballybunion) 78 78, Bianca Maria Fabrizio (Ita) 81 75, Justine Dreher (Fra) 82 74..
157 Luna Sobron (Spa) 79 78, Connie Chen (SAf) 79 78, Andrea Vilarasu (Spa) 84 73..
158 Emelie Alonso (Fra) 80 78, Federica Constantini (Ita) 79 79, Victoria Scherer (Ger) 80 78, Eugenia Ferrero (Ita) 81 77, Maria Villamil (Spa) 81 77.
159 Margaux Vanmoi (Bel) 82 77, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 80 79, Charlotte Thomas (Sing) 81 78, Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham St Annes) 81 78, Bethany Garton (Royal Lytham St Annes) 78 81, Bronwyn Davies (Wolstanton) 82 77, Anna Antoniutti (Ita) 78 81, Marta Sanz Barrio (Spa) 77 82.
160 Georgia Hall (Ferndown) 80 80, Kirsty Condon (Blankney) 81 79, Patrice Delaney (Birr) 81 79..
161 Emelie Lundestrom (Swe) 84 77, Sarah Winter (Carnalea) 83 78..
162 Ana Fernandez de Diego (Spa) 86 76, Sophie Godley (Lindrick) 82 80.
163 Maiju Uusi-simola (Fin) 85 78, Yushira Budhram (SAf) 83 80, Ines Lescudier (Fra) 85 78, Melissa McMahon (Yeovil) 83 80.
DID NOT QUALIFY
164 Laura Christiaens (Bel) 81 83, Meike Fleck (Ger) 81 83, Olivia Berer (Swi\) 87 77, Miranda Brain (Gog Magog) 85 79,Joana Yanez (Spa) 82 82, Hally Leadbetter (US) 86 78.
165 ~Ana Fernandez de Mesa (Spa) 82 83.
166 Lucy Evans (Lilleshall Hall) 82 84, Cristina McQuiston (Ita) 88 78, Gemma Bradbury (Cottrell Park) 86 80, Charlotte Austwick (PikeHills) 79 87, Lorraine Mulliez (Swi) 83 83, Isabel Jimenez Perez (Spa) 87 79.
167 Charley Hull (Ketteriing) 88 79, Nina Schlund (Ger) 84 83.
168 Natasha Gobey (Rhondda) 83 85, Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 82 86, Fanny Cnops (Bel) 88 80, Johanna Neumann (Ger) 84 84, Chiara Brizzolari (Ita) 88 80..
169 Katie Bradbury (Cottrell Park) 86 83, Camille Chevalier (Fra) 81 88.
171 Camille Collet (Fra) 87 84.
172 Irene Calvo Sanx (Spa) 90 82, Katharina Munch (Ger) 89 83.
173 Mary Larsh (US) 88 85, Maria Couffignal (Fra) 86 87, Leticia Ras-Anderica (Spa) 93 80..
174 Maria Cantanni (Ita) 89 85.
176 Lourdes Rocio Lopez Caballo (Spa) 94 82.
178 Paloma Jauregui Garcia (Spa) 88 90.
184 Beatriz Prados Fraile (Spa) 93 91.
193 Sophie Lacroix (Fra) 96 97.
195 Paula Mustienes (Spa) 99 96.

Editor's note: Scroll down to read the original story about LGU Head of Golf Operations Susan Simpson saying she was "very disappointed" that the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA of America arranged the Junior Solheim Cup match in Illinois for next Tuesday and Wednesday, only three or four days after the British girls' open amateur championship ends this Friday.
Six of the selected European team decided to opt out of the girls' event at Lancashire and go straight to the Illinois venue. The other six ARE playing in the "British," and will make their way to the Junior Solheim Cup once they are out of the championship.
LET player Lynn Kenny then responded by saying the LGU should look for dates to avoid such clashes in future.

Jenny Louden of Nairn writes:

I'm afraid I have to disagree with Lynn Kenny. Winning the British girls' championship is the pinnacle achievement for British girl golfers and, given the now annual veritable flood of golfers from the Continent of Europe, it would appear they too rate this event very highly.
It must also be remembered that these girls have a limited number of opportunities to win this event.
The junior Solheim Cup is not a stand-alone event and will therefore always be regarded as a sideshow to the Solheim Cup. Oh, I'm sure it will look quite good on a golfing CV but the bottom line is that no-one, outside of the participants themselves, will remember who played in it. Compare this to the opportunity of adding one's name to a highly prestigious trophy. Well, it's a no-brainer, isn't it?
At the risk of stating the obvious, it would appear that the six team members who delayed their departure to play in this blue-ribamd event, also agree with me. As for the other six, they will surely wonder at some point in the future ... "what if ... "
As for moving 'the British girls championship to accommodate this 'sideshow' ... Lynn Kenny, "you cannot be serious!"

Lynn Kenny's response:

First of all, let me clarify why I emailed Kirkwoodgolf.co.uk in the first place - in response to Colin Farquharson's comment that the LET and the LPGA did not do the LGU any favours by arranging the Junior Solheim Cup the week after the British Girls Championship.
My point was that the LET and the LPGA arrange the Solheim Cup around their own, very hectic schedules and announced the 2009 dates well in advance (September 2006).
The LGU know that the Junior Solheim Cup is played the same week as the professional event, so perhaps they should have arranged the British Girls Championship with that in mind (although I hold my hands up and say that I don't know how far in advance the LGU have to organise their events).
I totally agree that the British Girls Championship is a very prestigious event, and as Jenny pointed out, the number of foreign entries proves this. But Jenny has to be aware that being picked for the Junior Solheim Cup Team is a big deal and a great achievement, and it is certainly not a 'sideshow' for those involved.
This is reinforced by six of the team choosing not to enter the British Girls in order to prepare for next week, one of whom is a British player! Remember the Junior Solheim Cup is only played once every two years, and places are only available to the top 12 players in Europe, making it an even more limited opportunity than playing in the annual British Girls Championship which is open to all.
My overall point is that the Junior Solheim Cup will always be played the same week as the Solheim Cup. It is a prestigious event for those involved, as is the British Girls Championship. Tournament organisers should do their best to make sure the leading European U18 amateurs don't have to make the understandably difficult choice between the two events, and schedule events accordingly - and that, I'm afraid Jenny, is the LGU's responsibility, because it would be unrealistic to suggest the LET and LPGA arrange the Solheim Cup, the biggest team event for any female golfer, in accordance to the British Girls' schedule, which seemed to be Colin's point in the first place.

No, it's not a loosening-up exercise by Melissa McMahon (Yeovil) during the British girls' championship at West Lancashire GC. She has hit her drive off line from the 10th tee and is trying to indicate to the ball spotters which direction her ball has gone. Image by Cal CarsonGolf Agency. Click on it to enlarge.

British girls championship first qualifying round

Tournament leader Noemi Jimeneze (left) and her nearest challenger Heidi Beck (images by Cal Carson Golf Agency, click on them to enlarge).

Carly meets the Bogey Man when

set to challenge for W Lancs lead

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Level par with five holes to play, Carly Booth needed a couple of birdies to join retired Spanish golf professional’s daughter Noemi Jimenez from Malaga in the lead on the two-under-par 70 mark late in the long day which is the first qualifying round of the British girls’ open amateur championship.
But 17-year-old Carly from Comrie, who had come into the championship on a high, having won the St Andrews Links Trust Junior Ladies Open last week, ran up a double bogey 6 at the 14th and another 6, at the par-5 16th, to finish with a three-over-par 75 which could have been so much better.
Carly had birdied the first and fifth but sandwiched bogeys at the second and fourth between them in reaching the turn in par 36, one of the best of the day.
So, at the end of the day which was overcast in the morning with showers but brightened up in the afternoon when a wind got up to blow away the clouds, Carly shared the leading Scot tag with Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm), 16-year-old sister of Megan, the Scottish women’s amateur champion.
Carly, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, had halves of 36 and 39, Eilidh did it the other way round, which meant that Carly would have liked Eilidh’s inward half and Eilidh could have done with Carly’s outward nine.
Mind you, Eilidh did well well to get it out in 39 because she had a double bogey 5 at the short third and a double bogey 6 at the fifth where she took three shots to get on, then “three-putted for a long way away.”
Eilidh had a steady inward half of seven pars, a birdie 3 at the 15th – five wood, seven iron, 6ft putt – and one bogey, at the 13th where she was short in two.
I’ve never seen ground-hugging, bramble-strewn rough at a links course but West Lancashire certainly has so missing the fairways can trip a player up in more ways than one.
Eilidh did visit the rough at the short 12th but got up and down to save par.
Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) and Mortonhall’s Rachael Watton could not come up with a single birdie between them in returning scores of 89 (40-40) and 82 (43-39) respectively.
Lesley Atkins (Minto) had two birdies, at the short sixth and the par-4 10th, but she finished on 43 with halves of 42 and 41. Lesley had two bad runs. From the second to the fifth she dropped five shots, a double bogey 7 at the fifth and bogeys at the three holes before it.
The second bad patch covered the last six holes, each of which she bogeyed.
There are only five Scots playing. Although Jill Meldrum’s name appeared in the list of entries, she withdrew before the draw was made.
How sad that so few Scots girls are contesting the national championship for Under-18s.
With the help of five birdies, Noemi Jimenez, a slightly-built 15-year-old from Spain's Costa del Sol, was the first player in the field of 144 to break par with a two-under 70 (36-34) to be the new leader in the clubhouse before 2pm. At the end of play, around six hours later, the name of Jimenez was still there at the top of the leaderboard.
Although a cool breeze got up in the afternoon, the standard of scoring actually rose late in the day.
English girl international Heidi Baek (Felixstowe Ferry) came in after 6.30pm with a 71 (36-35), birdieing the seventh, 10th and 11th, to get within one shot of the long-time leader.
Heidi’s winning team-mate from last week’s Girls Home Internationals, Hannah Turland (Tidworth Garrison) shared third place with France’s Delacour Perrine and Spain’s Mandy Goyos, whose mother is English.
Only the players with the leading 64 aggregates at the end of Tuesday’s second stroke-play round will go forward to the match-play stages.
France (146) lead the team event from Sweden (150) with England (151) thirfd and Swsitzerlande (152) and Spain (154) still in the hunt. Strangely enough, the Spanish trio selected for the trio does not include the tournament leader!
Noemi Jimenez birdied the short third with a six-iron tee shot to within a foot of the flagstick. Then, after bogeying the sixth (through the back of the green) and the seventh (missed the green left), she notched her second birdie with a five-iron second shot to 5ft from the pin.
Her first birdie of the inward half came at the 10th where she played a great seven-iron approach to within only 18 inches of the cup.
A pitch-and-putt saved a par 5 at the long 11th before she birdied the 14th with another superb approach shot with a gap wedge to within 18inches.
She flirted with the railway line at the 15th, which cost her a bogey 5, but she cancelled that out with her fifth birdie, at the short 17th This time it was not so much the accuracy of her tee shot but the skill of her putting that produced a 2.
“I holed my longest putt of the round – about 20 metres (60ft) – so that was good!”
“I played in this championship for the first time last year in Scotland and lost in the second match-play round to the girl who became the champion (Laura Gonzalez-Escallon from Belgium,” said Noemi.
“I am feeling good about this championship because I won the Spanish junior girls championship for ages 15 and 16 years before I come here.”
What does she think of links golf?
“It’s not my favourite kind of golf but I can play it and I like the West Lancashire links.” Noemi’s dad, Antonio Jimenez, started her playing golf when she was six years old.
“No, we are not related to Miguel Angel Jimenez (the European Tour player). A lot of people have Jimenez as a name in Spain.”
Until Noemi returned her 70, it was an English 15-year-old who was the leader in the clubhouse – Wiltshire’s 15-year-old Hannah Turland with a par-matching 72.
Still on a high from helping England retain the Girls’ Home Internationals’ championship for the Stroyan Cup at Fairhaven Golf Club, also in Lancashire, Hannah, a member at Tidworth Garrison Golf Club, deviated from par only twice in her round.
“I had a bogey 6 at the long fifth where I was in the left rough but I almost saved par with my putt, which lipped out,” said Hannah, whose father owns a public house.
“My only birdie came at the 17th (158yd) where I hit an eight iron to six feet and holed the putt. I was hitting the ball pretty straight, didn’t miss many fairways or greens in regulation although I did hole a good putt – about 12 feet – to get a par 4 at the seventh after I had pulled my approach.
“I don’t really know the course at all. Played it only twice in practice rounds.”
Hannah, who took up golf when she was 8 ½ years old, has played in this championship before without setting the heather on fire.
Maria Puisite, a 17-year-old from Latvia, had four birdies in a round of 73 (36-37). Maira had a 2 at the short third, a 4 at the long fifth and 3s at the par-4 eighth and 14th. She dropped her shots at the first, foufrth, sixth, 13th and 16th.
It was providing a good day for 15-year-olds with another from that age group, Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough) posting a 74 which had a birdie at the fourth and bogeys at the fifth, eighth and 15th – all the rest were pars in halves of 37.
Meghan’s dad David is a European Tour director.
And yet another 15-year-old, Anna-Lena Kraemer (Germany) hit the 74 mark, thanks to a brilliant inward half of 40 – birdies at the 11th and 13th, surrounded by seven pars.
Anna-Lena had taken 40 to the turn, with a double bogey 6 at the fourth. She did birdie the short sixth.
Prior to Hannah Turland’s effort, the best score in the clubhouse was a three-over-par 75 achieved by both Scotland’s Eilidh Briggs and Sweden’s Johanna Tillstrom.
Johanna, from Stockholm, is one of six members of the European team for next week’s Junior Solheim Cup match in the States, who decided they would play in the back-to-back big events, here at West Lancashire GC and at Aurora Country Club in Illinois, next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Johanna reached the turn in level par 36 but took 39 for the inward journey.
Scotland girl international Eilidh is a member at Kilmacolm Golf Club like her 16-year-old younger sister of Megan Briggs, winner of this year’s Scottish women’s amateur championship at Southerness.
Eilidh did well to salvage a 75, considering she had double bogeys at the short third and the par-4 seventh and reached the turn in 39..
“I just made a mess of the third,” said Eilidh, “and I three-putted the seventh from a long way away.”
Her birdies came at the fourth (380yd) – drive, wedge, 5ft putt – and the 14th (365yd) (five wood off the tee, seven iron, 6ft putt).
English girls champion Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) had the misfortune to run up a triple bogey 8 at the long 16th. Despite that she covered the last nine holes in one-over-par 37, with birdies at the 10th and 12th.
No birdies on the way out for Holly, only bogeys at the first, fifth, sixth and eighth.

LEADER AMONG THOSE WARNED FOR SLOW PLAY

+Stand by for several one-stroke penalties being imposed for slow play over the second qualifying round, writes Colin Farquharson.

Several players, including leader Noemi Jimenez, were warned that they took too long over their shots today and if that is repeated they will have one stroke added to their scores - which could mean the difference between qualifying and not qualifying.

The Ladies Golf Union began their pace of play checks last season. Now they are ready to take it a stage further. Head of Golf Operations Susan Simpson says the time has come for action to stamp out slow play - and the LGU are prepared to lead the way.

TEAM STANDINGS

146 France.

150 Sweden.

151 England, Austria.

152 Switzerland.

154 Spain.

156 South Africa.

157 Scotland.

159 Ireland.

160 Italy, Wales.

Editor's note: Sorry for the delay due to telecommunication problems.
We'll add some words about today's play very shortly: C Farquharson

BRITISH GIRLS’ OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
West Lancashire Golf Club.
FIRST OF TWO QUALIFYING ROUNDS
Par 72. 6324 yards

70 Noemi Jimenez (Spa).
71 Heidi Baek (Felixstowe Ferry).
72 Hannah Turland (Tidworth Garrison), Delacour Perrine (Fra), Mandy Goyos (Spa).
73 Mara Puisite (Lat).
74 Anna-Lena Kraemer (Ger), Meghan McLaren (Wellingborough), Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies), Marlies Krenn (Aut), Justine Dreher (Fra).
75 Laetitia Beck (Isr), Johanna Tillstrom (Swe), Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm), Marion de Roey (Bel), Roberta Roeller (Ger), Louise Ridderstrom (Swe). Camilla Hedberg (Swe), Tonje Daffinrud (Nor), Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield), Sophia Popov (Ger), Raphaela Dyer (Hayling Island), Alexandra Bonetti (Ita), Carly Booth (Comrie)..
76 Vicki Troeltsch (Fra), Nerea Salaverria (Spa), Denise Kalek (Ger), Elizabeth Stebbings (Wilpshire), Rebecca Gee (Wellingborough), Clemence Abrahamian (Fra), Rosanna Crepiatt (Fra), Rebecca Huber (Swi), Manon Gidali (Fra).
77 Hayley Davis (Ferndown), Marta Sanz Barrio (Spa), Elia Folch (Spa), Amy Boulden (Maesdu), Katie Burman (John O’Gaunt), Bertine Strauss (SAf), Daisy Nielsen (Den), Jessica Bradley (Tiverton), Gabriella Wahl (Ger), Nicole Broch Larsen (Den), Josephine Janson (Swe), Marina Stuetz (Aut).
78 Bethany Garton (Royal Lytham), Anna Antoniutti (Ita), Christina Kaisler (Ger), Sian Evans (Faversham), Teresa Caballer (Spa), Sonja, Riedinger (Ger), Bronte Law (Bramhall), Emma O’Driscoll (Ballybunion).
79 Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa), Begona Jauregui Garcia (Spa), Laure Castelain (Fra), Jinjira Rasmussen (Den), Nikki Foster (Accrington & Dist), Olivia Winning (Rotherham), Federica Constantini (Ita), Anna Aresse (Spa), Luna Sobron (Spa), Laura Sedda (Ita), Connie Chen (SAf), Charlotte Austwick (Pike Hills).
+++ PROJECTED CUT-OFF POINT (i.e. 2 x 79 = 158) AFTER ROUND TWO FOR 64 MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS
80 Nicola Rawlinson (Leyland), Celine Boutier (Fra), Isabel Gadea (Ger), Emelie Alonso (Fra), Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Georgia Hall (Ferndown), Victoria Scherer (Ger)..81 Camille Chevallier (Fra), Patrice Delaney (Birr), Merie Kasperek (Ger), Valeria Tandrini (Ita), Rebecca Heeles (unatt), Daisy Dyer (Chigwell), Laura Christiaens (Ger), Jana Niedballa (Ger), Meike Fleck (Ger), Bianca Maria Fabrizio (Ita), Charlotte Thomas (Sing), Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham), Eugenia Ferrero (Ita), Kirsty Condon (Blankney), Maria Villamil (Spa), Jessica Schiele (Kenwick Park).
82 Bronwyn Davies (Wolstanton), Andrea Vilarasu (Spa), Ana Fernandez de Diego (Spa), Claudia Chemin (Fra), Lucy Evans (Lilleshall Hall), Margaux Van Mol (Bel), Rachael Watton (Mortonhall), Joana Yanex (Spa), Sophie Godley (Lindrick).
83 Melissa McMahon (Yeovil), Lesley Atkins (Minto), Natasha Gobey (Rhondda), Yushira Budhram (SAf), Sarah Winter (Camalea).
84 Nina Schlund (Ger), Emelie (Lundstrom (Swe), Johanna Neumann (Ger), Ashleigh Grimes (Newcastle under Lyme)..
85 Ina Lescudier (Fra)m Brogan Townsend (Pleasington), Rocio Sanchez Lobato (Spa), Lena Schaeffner (Ger), Maiju Uusi-simola (Fin), Miranda Brain (Gog Magog).
86 Hally Leadbetter (US), Ana Fernandez de Diego (Spa), Gemma Bradbury (Cottrell Park), Marie Couffignal (Fra), Katie Bradbury (Cottrell Park).
87 Isabel Jimenez Peres (Spa), Nina Von Siebenthal (Ger), Helen Searle (West End), Olivia Birrer (Swi), Camille Collet (Fra).
88 Paioma Jauregui Garcia (Spa), Chiara Brizzolari (Ita), Charley Hull (Kettering), Mary Larsh (US), Cristina McQuiston (Ita), Fanny Cnops (Bol
89 Jana Kohlhammer (Ger), Maria Cantarini (Ita), Katharina Munch (Ger).
90 Irene Calvo Sanz (Spa).
93 Leticia Ras-Anderica (Spa), Jeanne Metivier (Fra)
94 Lourdes Rocio Lopez (Spa).
96 Sophie Lacroix (Fra).
99 Paula Mustienes (Spa).
NR Luna Mata (Spa).

Royal Dornoch Ladies Open.

By ROBIN WILSON
Eleven years after winning the women's silver medal for the first time Pam Mackay won a second medal in last week's Ladies Open beating the club champion and last year's winner Cara Gruber in a dramatic card play-off count back.

Mackay and Gruber were locked on scores of 81, both still equal with halves of 39 & 42 and the separation came over the final six holes, Mackay, and despite a bogey six at the 18th , scoring 27 against the par of 26 and Gruber 28.

In addition to the confined silver medal Mackay also won the Milburn Challenge Trophy with again Gruber the runner up. Tracy Laughland (Morton hall) third with 82.

Local member June Haworth was a double trophy winner, the Lovell Salver confined to home members and the Lawrie Cup, open to Bronze Division competitors for her nett 76 from gross 99.

Results. CSS 79 (members & visitors)
Silver Division. Scratch - P. Mackay 81 (better last 6). C. Gruber 81. T. Laughland (Mortonhall) 82. Silver Handicap – C. Taylor (Kilmacolm) (6) 77. E. Coghill (10) 80 (bih). S. MacVicar(Gailoch) (11) 80, J. Chalmers (Monifieth) (10) 80. J. Brook (Croham Hurst) (4) 81. Bronze Scratch – J. Hawworth 99. Handicap – B. Little (Brora) (24) 82 (bih). M. Sugre (23) 82. I. Hart (22) 84. Seniors. N. Scrimgeor (Muir of Ord) (9) 81. Straightest Drive at 18th R. Simpson (Elgin). Nearest Pin (6th) T. Laughland. (13th) J. Haworth.

Caption for Robin Wilson's picture above: Guest of honour Mrs Sheila Speak, past Ladies Captain who presented the prizes, June Haworth winner of handicap, Pam MacKay, Scratch winner and Mrs Elizabeth Coghill, Ladies Captain.

England cap Wild, Tidy and Foster

for WHI at Irvine in September

NEWS RELEASUE aISSUED BY THE ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
There are three news caps in England’s team for the Home International Matches at Irvine Golf Club, Ayrshire from September 9-11.
They are the new English strokeplay champion, Charlotte Wild of Cheshire, and the girl internationals Kelly Tidy and Nikki Foster, both from Lancashire.
The full team, captained by Julie Otto (Felixstowe Ferry), is:
Hannah Barwood – Knowle
Holly Clyburn – Woodhall Spa
Charlie Douglass – Brocket Hall
Charlotte Ellis – Minchinhampton
Nikki Foster - Pleasington
Rachel Jennings – Izaak Walton
Kelly Tidy – Royal Birkdale
Charlotte Wild – Mere
First reserve:
Corisande Lee – West Lancashire
Second reserve:
Lauren Taylor - Woburn
Not available for selection:
Hannah Burke – Mid Herts
Jodi Ewart - Catterick

Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer

Jordana Graham wins Dumfries-shire county championship

Jordana Graham (Southerness) is the new Dumfries-shire women's county champion. She beat Lindsay Kirkwood (Powfoot) by 6 and 5 in the final at Dumfries & Galloway Golf Club.
In the handicap section, Sheila Townsley (Dumfries & County) beat Margaret Davidson (Thornhill) at the 20th.

British girls' tees off in rain at 6.30am

The British girls' open amateur championship teed off in murky light and a steady drizzle at West Lancashire Golf club this morning.
Because of the size of the field - 144 competitors - the first tee off time was 6.30am with Isabal Jimenez Perea from Spain striking the first ball of the championship.
Ladies Golf Union staff were at the course before 5am to get things ready for the Under-18 girls' flagship tournament.
The last players twill tee off at 3.23pm.
There will be a second qualifying round on Tuesday with the leading 64 players - a play-off will be held Tuesday evening if necessary to obtain the precise number - going forward to the match-plays stages on Wednesday through to Friday afternoon's 18-hole final.
+Cal Caeson Golf Agency image shows Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) on the 10th tee this morning.

Jennifer on Song to win US women's amateur

championship - her second USGA title of year

Jennifer Song, 19, has become only the second woman - Pearl Sinn in 1988 is the other -to capture two United States Golf Association championships in the same year.-
She beat fellow American Jennifer Johnson by 3 nd 1 in the 36-hole final of the US Women's Amateur championship at Old Warson Country Club, St Louis, Missouri.
Song, coming off her freshman year at Southern California, won the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links winner in June and was the low amateur last month in the U.S. Women's Open. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, South Korea is now the family home for the Songs.
"I can't put into words how honoured I am," Song said. "It's been a long time since Pearl Sinn won two in one year in 1988, which is one year before I was even born."
The 17-year-old Johnson, from La Quinta, California, will be a freshman at Arizona State. She hadn't been in arrears at any point though her first five matches of the championship, and built a four-hole lead through the first 10 holes of the morning 18. She made three birdies and took advantage of Song's bogey on the ninth hole.
But Song didn't get discouraged, thanks to positive words from her father Museok, serving as her caddie.
"My dad kept telling me, 'Jennifer, you're going to win. You're a great player,'" Song said. "Throughout the whole round he kept me in a positive mind and he kept making me smile."
Song won the 11th and 12th with birdies and squared the match on No. 18 when Johnson three-putted for the second time in five holes.
Johnson's streak of never trailing ended after 95 holes when Song birdied the 19th to take a 1-up lead. Song birdied the next hole to build her lead to 2-up and made it 3-up when Johnson bogeyed the 27th hole.
"I was actually kind of glad I got behind because then I could just get that out of my head and come back strong," Johnson said.
That's exactly what she did, winning three of the next four holes to square the match. Song then made a 7-footer for par on the 33rd hole to regain the lead and made it 2-up with a 6-foot birdie putt on No. 34. Song won when Johnson couldn't get up and down from a greenside bunker on the par-3 35th.
Song's mother, Jeeyeon Koong, was at Old Warson after missing her daughter's WAPL win at Red Tail Golf Club in Devens, Mass., in June.
"It's been a while since she's seen me win and really hold on to the trophy and smile," Song said. "When I hugged my dad at the end, my tears weren't out yet, but when I saw mom, you know that feeling when you see your mom. It's your mom, so you just cry."
When asked to compare her victory at the WAPL and the Women's Amateur, Song was reluctant to name her favorite.
"Both are very satisfying," Song said. "You cannot replace winning a championship, and both are very prestigious, so I'm very happy for it."

Editor Colin Farquharson's note:

If you scroll down to our preview of the British girls' open amateur championship, you will see a reference to Susan Simpson, the LGU'S Head of Golf Operations, being very disappointed that the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA between them had scheduled the Junior Solheim Cup for early next week, making it very difficult for the leading European players selected for that team to play in the British girls' championship at West Lancashire Golf Club this week, finishing on Friday (The Junior Solheim Cup starts in Illinois next Tuesday).

Six of the European team, including local Manchester girl Kelly Tidy, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, decided not to play in the British girls' championship but the other six are in the field at West Lancashire Golf Club.

Colin Farquharson

Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Ladies European Tour player Lynn Kenny writes:

Hi Colin,

I was just reading Kirkwooddgolf.co.uk and noticed that you mentioned the LET and the LPGA did not do the LGU any favours in arranging the Junior Solheim Cup for next week.

I'm not sure, but I think the Solheim Cup dates are set well in advance since it is every two years, and it is common knowledge that the Junior Solheim Cup will always be a few days prior to the Solheim Cup.

So, in fairness, is it not the case that the LGU have arranged their girls' championship badly if they were wanting the strongest field to attend? Just a thought.

Lynn Kenny

Editor's note:

I replied to Lynn, pointing out that the British girls' championship was on the tournament calendar long before the Solheim Cup and Junior Solheim Cup were thought of and that "new" events should try to avoid prestigious competitions that have a fixed place on that calendar.

Further response from Lynn Kenny:

Colin,

I can see your point about the 'newcomers' but I think that the Junior Solheim Cup is a highly sought after European team event, which, in the eyes of the girls picked, is much more prestigious than playing in the British girls championship.

The LGU need to recognise this and if possible (I know there aren't enough weeks in the year for everything!) arrange the British girls' championship every two years accordingly, to avoid a clash of dates.

When the Solheim Cup is in Europe they could attract a very strong field by arranging it for the week AFTER the Solheim, and therefore making it appealing for the USA Junior Solheim Cup team to enter too.

Lynn Kenny

+If you have a view on the above topic, you can E-mail it to Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Karen Stupples overhauls Amy Yang to

win S4C Wales Ladies Championship

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Karen Stupples reeled in overnight leader Amy Yang of South Korea to claim victory at the S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe on Sunday.
The 36-year-old from Kent secured a one-stroke win at Royal St David's Golf Club, Harlech in North-west Wales, thanks to a final round of 70 for a total of 12 under par.
It was Stupples' first win since the 2004 Women's British Open at Sunningdale and provided some cause for celebration after a tough start to the year which has seen her miss seven out of 14 cuts on the LPGA Tour.
She also had to take four weeks off after surgery to remove her appendix in March.
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"It's been quite a traumatic year, physically and mentally," she said.
Starting the day two shots behind Yang, she birdied her opening two holes to catch the South Korean and added further birdies at the fourth and eighth to move three strokes clear at the turn.
She made up for dropping a shot at the tough par-four 10th with a birdie on the 13th before bogeys at the 16th and 18th threatened to deny her victory, but she did enough to claim the £52,500 first prize.
"I tried to let it go on the last few holes but fortunately I managed to hold on with all the nails I had," said Stupples. "I think the front nine set me off to a fine start. I went off to a really good one and from that point on I sat back I think instead of keeping attacking. It was interesting."
Yang could only manage a final round of 73, while Katherine Hull of Australia finished third on nine under par.
Wales' Becky Brewerton was fourth on eight under after a final round of 71, while England's Melissa Reid and Sweden's Anna Nordqvist finished a stroke further back in a share of fifth.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
276 Karen Stupples 69 71 66 70
277 Amy Yang (USA) 68 65 71 73
279 Katherine Hull (Aus) 67 68 75 69
280 Becky Brewerton (Wal) 70 67 72 71
281 Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 66 71 77 67, Melissa Reid 73 68 74 66
282 Carin Koch (Swe) 70 71 73 68
283 Diana Luna (Ita) 73 68 70 72
284 Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 69 68 71 76, Julieta Granada (Par) 69 74 69 72, Laura Davies 68 74 72 70
285 Iben Tinning (Den) 71 70 74 70, Sophie Giquel (Fra) 72 71 69 73, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 71 71 73 70
286 Rebecca Coakley (Irl) 74 69 71 72, Breanne Alicia Loucks (Wal) 72 69 73 72, Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 74 69 72 71
287 Bettina Hauert (Ger) 74 72 69 72, Johanna Mundy 74 71 70 72, Becky Morgan (Wal) 72 72 73 70, Samantha Head 72 71 72 72, Nikki Garrett (Aus) 71 71 74 71, Marjet Van Der Graaff (Ned) 72 69 71 75
288 Caroline Afonso (Fra) 74 67 74 73, Lydia Hall (Wal) 69 76 73 70, Nina Reis (Swe) 71 74 70 73
289 Beatriz Recari (Spa) 73 74 72 70, Elizabeth Bennett 71 71 75 72, Louise Stahle (Swe) 70 70 76 73, Krystle Caithness (Sco) 68 75 70 76, Trish Johnson 73 71 72 73, Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 68 74 72 75, Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 76 71 72 70, Carmen Alonso (Spa) 71 71 74 73
290 Smriti Mehra (Ind) 68 77 71 74, Christel Boeljon (Ned) 70 74 73 73, Emma Zackrisson (Swe) 69 76 73 72, Anna Tybring (Swe) 72 72 74 72, Rebecca Hudson 71 71 71 77
291 Virginine Lagoutte-Clement (Fra) 73 71 74 73, Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin) 70 71 76 74, Caroline Westrup (Swe) 73 73 73 72, Ashleigh Simon (Rsa) 67 70 78 76, Florentyna Parker 68 77 72 74, Federica Piovano (Ita) 74 68 70 79
292 Frances Bondad (Aus) 68 70 81 73, Vikki Laing (Sco) 70 73 75 74, Marta Prieto (Spa) 71 76 73 72, Kirsty Taylor 73 74 74 71
293 Linda Wessberg (Swe) 73 74 72 74, Rhian Wyn Thomas (Wal) (am) 77 69 73 74, Anna Rawson (Aus) 70 77 76 70, Emma Cabrera Bello (Spa) 69 78 76 70
294 Jill McGill (USA) 73 72 77 72, Stefanie Michl (Aut) 76 71 76 71, Sahra Hassan (Wal) 76 70 71 77
295 Martina Gillen (Irl) 75 72 75 73, Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa) 74 72 77 72, Claire Aitken 72 74 73 76
296 Laura Terebey (USA) 72 72 76 76
297 Nicole Gergely (Aut) 70 76 74 77
298 Johanna Lundberg (Swe) 74 71 75 78, Margherita Rigon (Ita) 72 73 77 76
299 Michele Thomson (Sco) 74 71 76 78
300 Christine Hallstrom (Swe) 70 77 80 73
303 Anna-KRarin Salmen (Fin) 73 71 79 80
304 Morgana Robbertze (Rsa) 77 70 83 74, Heather MacRae (Sco) 73 74 77 80
305 Tara Davies (Wal) 72 75 79 79
306 Zuzana Masinova (Cze) 71 76 77 82

United States Futures Tour Scoreboard
$100,000Falls Auto Group Classic
Crooked Golf Community London, Kentucky
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
Mina Harigae (Monterey, Calif.) 68-66-71 - 205 $14,000
Amanda Blumenherst (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 68-69-70 - 207 $10,000
Pernilla Lindberg (Bollnas, Sweden) 71-71-66 - 208 $7,125
Samantha Richdale (Kelowna, British Columbia) 76-69-64 - 209 $3,714
Hannah Yun (Bradenton, Fla.) 74-66-69 - 209 $3,714
Yoora Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 72-67-70 - 209 $3,714
Gerina Mendoza (Roswell, N.M.) 67-70-72 - 209 $3,714
Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.) 68-72-70 - 210 $2,202
Kathleen Ekey (Sharon Township, Ohio) 72-70-69 - 211 $1,531
Virada Nirapathpongporn (Bangkok, Thailand) 73-68-70 - 211 $1,531
Su A Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 68-72-71 - 211 $1,531
Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 69-71-71 - 211 $1,531
Brandi Jackson (Greenville, S.C.) 70-70-71 - 211 $1,531
Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 72-68-71 - 211 $1,531
Song Yi Choi (Seoul, South Korea) 69-71-72 - 212 $1,087
Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.) 68-70-74 - 212 $1,087
Moon Su (Incheon, South Korea) 74-71-68 - 213 $927
Lori Atsedes (Ithaca, N.Y.) 73-69-71 - 213 $927
Jennie Lee (Henderson, Nev.) 69-70-74 - 213 $927
Katie Miller (Jeannette, Pa.) 71-72-71 - 214 $800
Jane Chin (Mission Viejo, Calif.) 67-75-72 - 214 $800
Lisa Meldrum (Montreal, Quebec) 69-73-72 - 214 $800
Liz Janangelo (West Hartford, Conn.) 71-71-72 - 214 $800
Pornanong Phatlum (Chaiyaphum, Thailand) 71-71-72 - 214 $800
Amanda Mathis (Opelousas, La.) 71-71-72 - 214 $800
Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 72-70-72 - 214 $800
Rachel Bailey (Faulconbridge, Australia) 71-73-71 - 215 $739
Laura Crawford (Lancaster, S.C.) 76-68-71 - 215 $739
Michelle Jarman (Wilmington, N.C.) 71-72-72 - 215 $739
Alison Walshe (Westford, Mass.) 70-70-75 - 215 $739
Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 74-74-68 - 216 $703
Lehua Wise (Kauai, Hawaii) 75-72-69 - 216 $703
Cindy LaCrosse (Tampa, Fla.) 73-70-73 - 216 $703
Jean Reynolds (Newnan, Ga.) 73-67-76 - 216 $703
Elisa Serramia (Barcelona, Spain) 72-74-71 - 217 $667
Tiffany Joh (San Diego, Calif.) 72-74-71 - 217 $667
Nicole Jeray (Berwyn, Ill.) 73-72-72 - 217 $667
Madeleine Holmblad (Stockholm, Sweden) 72-73-72 - 217 $667
Catherine Matranga (Fort Worth, Texas) 68-76-73 - 217 $667
Melissa Eaton (Port Shepstone, South Africa) 73-70-74 - 217 $667
Ashley Knoll (The Woodlands, Texas) 68-74-75 - 217 $667
Tzu-Chi Lin (Taichung, Taiwan) 77-71-70 - 218 $641
Lucy Nunn (Lawton, Okla.) 73-74-71 - 218 $641
Maria Hernandez (Pamplona, Spain) 68-72-78 - 218 $641
Nontaya Srisawang (Chiang Mai, Thailand) 74-74-71 - 219 $616
Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 72-76-71 - 219 $616
Selanee Henderson (Apple Valley, Calif.) 76-72-71 - 219 $616
Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 71-76-72 - 219 $616
Amanda Costner (Claremore, Okla.) 75-70-74 - 219 $616
Jennifer Ackerson (Dallas, Texas) 73-71-75 - 219 $616
Misun Cho (Cheongju, South Korea) 70-74-75 - 219 $616
Rebecka Heinmert (Hassleholm, Sweden) 72-76-72 - 220 $588
Whitney Myers (York, Pa.) 75-73-72 - 220 $588
Kelly Froelich (Raizeux, France) 77-71-72 - 220 $588
Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 75-71-74 - 220 $588
Stephanie Otteson (Wilson, N.C.) 70-72-78 - 220 $588
Ryann O'Toole (San Clemente, Calif.) 73-75-73 - 221 $566
Lene Krog (Lier, Norway) 75-72-74 - 221 $566
Michaela Cavener (Ponca City, Okla.) 77-70-74 - 221 $566
Gina Umeck (Redlands, Calif.) 75-71-75 - 221 $566
Ulrika Ljungman-Smith (Daytona Beach, Fla.) 75-71-75 - 221 $566
Danah Ford (Indianapolis, Ind.) 71-74-76 - 221 $566
Briana Vega (Andover, Mass.) 72-73-76 - 221 $566
Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) 71-77-74 - 222 $543
Courtney Mahon (Lee's Summit, Mo.) 75-72-75 - 222 $543
Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 72-74-76 - 222 $543
Allison Goodman (San Diego, Calif.) 75-71-76 - 222 $543
Aimee Cho (Orlando, Fla.) 76-70-76 - 222 $543
Kim Welch (Sacramento, Calif.) 73-72-77 - 222 $543
Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio) 72-72-78 - 222 $543
Caroline Larsson (Stockholm, Sweden) 69-79-75 - 223 $532
Elena Kurokawa (Redondo Beach, Calif.) 75-73-76 - 224 $527
Sofie Andersson (Angelholm, Sweden) 73-74-77 - 224 $527
Stella Lee (Seoul, South Korea) 71-76-77 - 224 $527
Taryn Durham (Glasgow, Ky.) 73-74-77 - 224 $527
Moah Chang (Los Angeles, Calif.) 73-75-77 - 225 $517
Priscilla Duffield (Gold Coast, Australia) 76-72-77 - 225 $517
Charlotte Campbell (Heathrow, Fla.) 75-70-80 - 225 $517
Violeta Retamoza (Aguascalientes, Mexico) 76-72-82 - 230 $510

Sammy Leslie caps her week by winning

Aberdeenshire girls' medal at Peterculter

Westhill's Sammy Leslie returned from representing Scotland in the girls' home internationals in Lancashire to win the Aberdeenshire girls' medal at Peterculter today with a fine scratch score of 72. She finished four shots ahead of home course player Rachel Polson with Lauren Duncan (Aboyne) third with a 77.
Newcomer Eve Manson (Deeside) had the best net score of 69 off a handicap of 27.
LEADING SCORES
Scratch - 72 Sammy Leslie (Westhill). 76 Rachel Polson (Peterculter). 77 Lauren Duncan (Aboyne). 79 Megan Clyne (Deeside). Handicap - Eve Manson (Deeside) (27) 69; Caroline Campbell (Aberdeen Ladies) (30), Lauren Duncan (Aboyne) (7), Sammy Leslie (Westhill) (2) 70; Rachel Polson (Peterculter) (5) 71; Meganj Clyne (Deeside) (7) 72; Kristina Vannet (Peterculter)(8), Tegan Seivwright (Deeside) (12) 73.

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Claudia Chemin from Paris with her own coach, American Dan Raleigh who is the head pro at Disney World (images by Cal Carson Golf Agency).

Claudia (13 years, 1 month) is the youngest

debutante in the 2009 Championship

Claudia Chemin from Paris is the youngest competitor in this week’s Girls’ British open amateur championship at West Lancashire Golf Club, writes Colin Farquharson.
She is 13 years and one month old.
She is making her debut in the championship and has never played golf in England previously.
“I did play at Gullane in the US Kids’ tournament (she finished second in the girls’ section) in 2008,” said Claudia who last week won the French national Under-14 girls title in a medal-play/match-play tournament with the same format at the British girls’ event.”
Claudia, who took up golf about seven years ago, is over from Paris with her coach Dan Raleigh, an American who is lucky enough to be head golf pro at Disney Paris.
“Claudia loves links golf. She can drive the ball 280-300 yards with the bounce and roll you can get under these hard, dry, fast-running conditions,” said Dan.
So does Claudia want to be a lady tour professional some day?
“Yes, but it will be a few years yet,” said Claudia who had a handicap of 2.5 at Bussy St George Golf Club in France when she filed her entry.

Classy Carly looks Scotland's best bet

for the 'British' but it's a long shot

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@Scottishgolfview.com
Scottish winners of the British girls’ open amateur golf championship come along at only irregular intervals.
The last one was Clare Queen in 2001 and before that Mhairi McKay in 1991 and 1992.
So that’s an indication of the odds against any of the six Scots in the field striking gold in this week’s five-day championship at West Lancashire Golf Club.
It might have been seven Scots but it was not until Sunday morning that Annabel Niven (Crieff) was offered the chance to come off the reserve list and plug a gap. It was never really on. By the time Annabel made it from Perthshire to Lancashire there would have been no time to squeeze in a practice round before the course was closed, not to mention the last-minute fixing up of accommodation.
Carly Booth (Comrie), pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, who did not play in last week’s girls’ home internationals at Fairhaven, looks to be the best bet of a Scottish winner. Mind you, at Monifieth 12 months go, Carly was not among the 64 qualifiers who advanced to the match-play stages from the 36-hole stroke-play eliminator.
But, on her game, Carly, now 17, and with a +2.8 handicap which makes her, on paper at least, one of the best players in the field of 144. has all the shots in her golfing armoury. She needs a big win to come out of comparative doldrums and her form in winning last week's St Andrews Links Trust Junior Ladies tournament suggests that the good times are on their way back.
The fact that the maximum handicap this year for having an entry accepted was a record low of 3.5 in part explains why so few Scots have made the trip over the Border.
Even Ailsa Bain from Peebles, the new Scottish Under-18 girls champion, did not make it.
The Scots who will be in action, with their handicaps at time of entry in brackets, are:
Carly Booth (Comrie) (+2.8), Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) (2.6), Lesley Atkins (Minto) (3.1), Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) (3.1), Jill Meldrum (Dullatur) (3.5), Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) (3.5).
+The Ladies European Tour and America’s LPGA did not do the Ladies Golf Union, organisers of the British girls championship, any favours by arranging the Junior Solheim Cup match to start in Illinois next Tuesday (August 18).
Six of the 12 European girls selected decided it would be too much hassle to play in Lancashire this week and hotfoot it to the States as soon as they were knocked out of the British girls’ match-play stages. They included Manchester’s Kelly Tidy who had lost in the past two “British” finals.
But good for the other six to recognise that the British girls’ open championship is one of the most prestigious tournaments for Under-18s’in the world. They include the Spanish pair of Anna Arrese from the Costa Brava and Ana Fernandez de Mesa from Vista Hermosa. Arrese was up with the leaders for a long way in the recent Ladies European Tour event in Spain.
Carnoustie-based Susan Simpson, the LGU’s Head of Golf Operations, commented: “We still have a very good field but it is very disappointing to lose six of the best young European girl golfers because of the scheduling of the Junior Solheim Cup so close to our girls’ championship. The LGU were never consulted.”
Bethan Cutler, the Ladies European Tour Press Officer, told me: "The Ping Junior Solheim Cup match is always played the same week as the Ping Solheim Cup ... and the 2009 dates were announced on September 18, 2006."

A SIGN OF THE TEXTING TIMES
Competitors in the British girls open amateur championship don't have to worry about having to return to the clubhouse and the LGU caravan to find out their tee times for the qualifying rounds on Monday and Tuesday.
Susan Simpson and her staff could not begin to make the draws until 2pm had come and gone - the last time for a player to register their arrival at the venue.
The LGU text the tee times to each girl as long as they supply their numbers in advance.

WHAT THE LGU STAFF ARE THERE FOR!
One of the competitor's mother was hit full on the forehead by a golf ball as she walked the course on Saturday. The force of the ball caused a big cut which later required several stitches.
Susan Simpson, Head of the LGU's Golf Operations, set off with her injured passenger on Saturday evening to find a hospitcal with an accident and emergency unit open to deal with the situation.
Having found out there was one at Aintree, Susan, with the help of SAT NAV, was able to complete her mission of mercy.
During Susan's absence, a Finnish competitor hobbled into the LGU portakbin and asked if anyone knew where she could get anti-biotics because she felt a bad blister on her right heel had turned poisonous.
In Susan's absence, Edinburgh University student, Colin Anderson, who works for the LGU tournament staff during his holidays, made a series of phone calls - Saturday evening in an unfamiliar neighbourhood is not the best of times to track down doctors/chemists/hospitals.
But Colin was able to send the Finnish girl and her father on their way to find the solution to their problem.

US Futures Tour Scoreboard
$100,000 Falls Auto Group Classic
Crooked Creek Golf Community, London, Kentucky
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72).
Mina Harigae (Monterey, Calif.) 68-66 - 134
Amanda Blumenherst (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 68-69 - 137
Gerina Mendoza (Roswell, N.M.) 67-70 - 137
Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.) 68-70 - 138
Yoora Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 72-67 - 139
Jennie Lee (Henderson, Nev.) 69-70 - 139
Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 72-68 - 140
Jean Reynolds (Newnan, Ga.) 73-67 - 140
Alison Walshe (Westford, Mass.) 70-70 - 140
Brandi Jackson (Greenville, S.C.) 70-70 - 140
Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 69-71 - 140
Song Yi Choi (Seoul, South Korea) 69-71 - 140
Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.) 68-72 - 140
Maria Hernandez (Pamplona, Spain) 68-72 - 140
Su A Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 68-72 - 140
Hannah Yun (Bradenton, Fla.) 74-66 - 140
Virada Nirapathpongporn (Bangkok, Thailand) 73-68 - 141
Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 72-70 - 142
Kathleen Ekey (Sharon Township, Ohio) 72-70 - 142
Amanda Mathis (Opelousas, La.) 71-71 - 142
Pornanong Phatlum (Chaiyaphum, Thailand) 71-71 - 142
Pernilla Lindberg (Bollnas, Sweden) 71-71 - 142
Liz Janangelo (West Hartford, Conn.) 71-71 - 142
Stephanie Otteson (Wilson, N.C.) 70-72 - 142
Lori Atsedes (Ithaca, N.Y.) 73-69 - 142
Lisa Meldrum (Montreal, Quebec) 69-73 - 142
Ashley Knoll (The Woodlands, Texas) 68-74 - 142
Jane Chin (Mission Viejo, Calif.) 67-75 - 142
Katie Miller (Jeannette, Pa.) 71-72 - 143
Melissa Eaton (Port Shepstone, South Africa) 73-70 - 143
Michelle Jarman (Wilmington, N.C.) 71-72 - 143
Cindy LaCrosse (Tampa, Fla.) 73-70 - 143 33
Laura Crawford (Lancaster, S.C.) 76-68 - 144
Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio) 72-72 - 144
Rachel Bailey (Faulconbridge, Australia) 71-73 - 144
Misun Cho (Cheongju, South Korea) 70-74 - 144
Jennifer Ackerson (Dallas, Texas) 73-71 - 144
Catherine Matranga (Fort Worth, Texas) 68-76 - 144
Samantha Richdale (Kelowna, British Columbia) 76-69 - 145
Charlotte Campbell (Heathrow, Fla.) 75-70 - 145
Amanda Costner (Claremore, Okla.) 75-70 - 145
Madeleine Holmblad (Stockholm, Sweden) 72-73 - 145
Briana Vega (Andover, Mass.) 72-73 - 145
Nicole Jeray (Berwyn, Ill.) 73-72 - 145
Danah Ford (Indianapolis, Ind.) 71-74 - 145
Kim Welch (Sacramento, Calif.) 73-72 - 145
Moon Su (Incheon, South Korea) 74-71 - 145
Aimee Cho (Orlando, Fla.) 76-70 - 146
Ulrika Ljungman-Smith (Daytona Beach, Fla.) 75-71 - 146
Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 75-71 - 146
Gina Umeck (Redlands, Calif.) 75-71 - 146
Allison Goodman (San Diego, Calif.) 75-71 - 146
Tiffany Joh (San Diego, Calif.) 72-74 - 146
Elisa Serramia (Barcelona, Spain) 72-74 - 146
Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 72-74 - 146
Michaela Cavener (Ponca City, Okla.) 77-70 - 147
Lene Krog (Lier, Norway) 75-72 - 147
Lehua Wise (Kauai, Hawaii) 75-72 - 147
Courtney Mahon (Lee's Summit, Mo.) 75-72 - 147
Taryn Durham (Glasgow, Ky.) 73-74 - 147
Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 71-76 - 147
Lucy Nunn (Lawton, Okla.) 73-74 - 147
Stella Lee (Seoul, South Korea) 71-76 - 147
Sofie Andersson (Angelholm, Sweden) 73-74 - 147
Tzu-Chi Lin (Taichung, Taiwan) 77-71 - 148
Kelly Froelich (Raizeux, France) 77-71 - 148
Selanee Henderson (Apple Valley, Calif.) 76-72 - 148
Priscilla Duffield (Gold Coast, Australia) 76-72 - 148
Violeta Retamoza (Aguascalientes, Mexico) 76-72 - 148
Whitney Myers (York, Pa.) 75-73 - 148
Elena Kurokawa (Redondo Beach, Calif.) 75-73 - 148
Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 72-76 - 148
Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) 71-77 - 148
Rebecka Heinmert (Hassleholm, Sweden) 72-76 - 148
Moah Chang (Los Angeles, Calif.) 73-75 - 148
Caroline Larsson (Stockholm, Sweden) 69-79 - 148
Ryann O'Toole (San Clemente, Calif.) 73-75 - 148
Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 74-74 - 148
Nontaya Srisawang (Chiang Mai, Thailand) 74-74 - 148
MISSED THE CUT
Juli Erekson (Chicopee, Mass.) 76-73 - 149
Katie Fraley (Brandenburg, Ky.) 77-72 - 149
Sam White (Potomac, Md.) 77-72 - 149
Garrett Phillips (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 79-70 - 149
Tanya Dergal (Durango, Mexico) 75-74 - 149
#Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 71-78 - 149
Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 73-76 - 149
Devan Andersen (Guadalajara, Mexico) 74-75 - 149
Alejandra Shaw (Vina Del Mar, Chile) 74-75 - 149
Christine Cho (Kent, Wash.) 74-75 - 149
Perry Swenson (Charlotte, N.C.) 77-73 - 150
Seo-Jae Lee (Seoul, South Korea) 77-73 - 150
Noon Huachai (Bangkok, Thailand) 75-75 - 150
Cindy Lee-Pridgen (Sabah, Malaysia) 75-75 - 150
Jae Oh (Je Ju, South Korea) 75-75 - 150
Janell Howland (Boise, Idaho) 75-75 - 150
Jasi Acharya (Columbus, Mont.) 71-79 - 150
Christina Jones (Jensen Beach, Fla.) 74-76 - 150
Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md.) 74-76 - 150
Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.) 77-74 - 151
Heather Burgner (Lakeland, Fla.) 76-75 - 151
Mallory Hetzel (Summerville, S.C.) 76-75 - 151
Seema Sadekar (Toronto, Ontario) 75-76 - 151
Kylene Pulley (Kokomo, Ind.) 80-71 - 151
Missie Berteotti (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 74-77 - 151
Janice Olivencia (Caguas, Puerto Rico) 74-77 - 151
Alexandra Braga (Los Angeles, Calif.) 76-76 - 152
Maria Laura Elvira (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 77-75 - 152
Blair Lamb (Flat Rock, N.C.) 77-75 - 152
Mary Kate Morgan (Longview, Wash.) 75-77 - 152
Kelly Lagedrost (Brooksville, Fla.) 75-77 - 152
Marlowe Boukis (Lutherville, Md.) 79-73 - 152
Min Seo Kwak (Seoul, South Korea) 80-72 - 152
Amber Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 75-77 - 152
Jenna Pearson (Wheaton, Ill.) 81-71 - 152
Heather Angell (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 73-79 - 152
Hwanhee Lee (Las Vegas, Nev.) 74-78 - 152
Sae Hee Son (Seoul, South Korea) 75-77 - 152
Susan Nam (Edmonton, Alberta) 77-76 - 153
Lee Ann Walker-Cooper (Southport, N.C.) 76-77 - 153
Molly Birmingham (Cornelius, N.C.) 77-76 - 153
Kimberly Goedecke (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) 79-74 - 153
Carol Robertson (Virginia Beach, Va.) 78-76 - 154
Sarah Olsen (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 78-76 - 154
Jill Frantz (Iowa City, Iowa) 78-76 - 154
Gemma Webster (Glasgow, Scotland) 79-75 - 154
Victoria Kiser (a) (Orlando, Fla.) 79-75 - 154
Carmen Bandea (Atlanta, Ga.) 80-74 - 154
Stephanie George (Myerstown, Pa.) 77-78 - 155
Renee Skidmore (Everett, Wash.) 76-79 - 155
Mary J. Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 77-78 - 155
Kim Augusta (Rumford, R.I.) 80-76 - 156
Lidya Jaya (Sidoarjo, Indonesia) 80-76 - 156
Brittainy Klein (Henderson, Ky.) 81-75 - 156
Ashley Grier (Hagerstown, Md.) 78-79 - 157
Meghan Little (Sturgis, S.D.) 79-78 - 157
Mayule Tomimbang (Kissimmee, Fla.) 80-78 - 158
Nicola Eaton (Port Shepstone, South Africa) 83-75 - 158
Sunny Park (Sydney, Australia) 82-78 - 160
Praewnapa Phol-Uayporn (Bangkok, Thailand) 84-76 - 160
Maggie Simons (Raleigh, N.C.) 81-81 - 162
Erica Still (a) (Waycross, Ga.) 82-81 - 163
Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.) WDI

Song v Johnson in 36-hole United

Sates Women's Amateur final

Nineteen-year-old Jennifer Song, winner of the US Women's Amateur Public Links championship in June and low amateur in last month's US Women's Open, is still on a roll.
She is through to the 36-hole final of the United States women's amateur championship at Old Warson Country Club, St Louis Missouri after beating Tiffany Lua 3-2 in Saturday's semi-finals.
Jennifer is now within one more victory of becoming only the second woman to win two U.S. Golf Association championships in the same year.
The 19-year-old Song will face Jennifer Johnson today in the 36-hole final. Johnson beat 14-year-old Alexis Thompson by one hold. Earlier in the tournament Alexis beat Yorkshire's Great Britain & Ireland international team player, Jodi Ewart,
Pearl Sinn is the only woman to win two USGA titles in a year, taking the 1988 Women's Amateur and Women's Amateur Public Links. Five men have accomplished the feat.
"I am so excited," said Song, coming off her freshman year at Southern California. "Being given this chance to play in the finals is just a great honour for me."
Song, from Ann Arbor, Michigan, never trailed against the 18-year-old Lua, an incoming UCLA freshman from Rowland Heights, California, in hot and breezy conditions on the 6,468-yard, par-71 layout.
"Today was really tough," Song said. "Tiffany was playing very solidly. Her shots were very straight to me and it seemed like she would never make any mistakes.
"So I had to go through all of this emotional, mental and physical stress, like I had to be patient and tell myself that, you know, 'Jennifer, keep doing what you're doing and you'll be fine."'
The 17-year-old Johnson, an incoming freshman at Arizona State, hasn't trailed through five matches and 76 holes.
"It's just really exciting," said Johnson, from La Quinta, California.
"I just can't believe it. You know, tomorrow is going to be a long day and there's a lot of golf, so I've just got to be patient and not think about the outcome so much, because that can get in the way."
She had a 3-up advantage after 15 holes, but Thompson, the 2008 U.S. Girls' Junior champion, won the next two holes with birdies, holding a 35-footer on the par-5 16th and a 25-foot putt on the par-3 17th.
Thompson's putter betrayed her on No. 18. After Johnson missed a 12-foot par putt, Thompson had a chance from 10 feet to win the hole and extend the match, but the putt went right and Johnson escaped with the victory.
"I ended up not making the one that I needed to make," said Thompson, who was trying to become the youngest Women's Amateur winner in history and the seventh to claim both the Girls' Junior and Women's Amateur titles."